human
Nutty, am I? said the Codfish.
gpt
I'll show them, gritting his teeth,
human
I'll show them. They're trying to queer me, and then to Mrs. Hasbrouck who had just come up from her stateroom:
gpt
O, Mrs. Hasbrouck, I'm going to help you with that fund. Guess pretty nearly everyone of the two teams will subscribe to it.
human
That's very sweet of you, indeed. It is a noble thing to do to help such a good cause to provide for the widows and orphans of the sailors who go down in the great deep.
gpt
Sure thing, said the Codfish, enthusiastically.
human
All our fellows are very generous on such a thing as that. I never saw such a noble bunch of fellows as we have with us.
gpt
I think we ought to collect as much of the fund as we can to-day; only a little more of our sea voyage is left, you know.
human
returned the Codfish.
gpt
I'll be back in a minute,