human
No, sir, not dead, I hope, said the coxswain.
gpt
I have bound up his wound as well as I can, and stopped the bleeding; but he's in a dead faint, and I don't know if he'll come to again.
human
Well, Duff, I should like to act as Mr Linton would have done, and I'm sure he would have attacked the mistico without giving two thoughts about it, observed Tompion;
gpt
I know how you feel, Tompion, exclaimed Jemmy Duff--
human
Capital! exclaimed Tompion, who was, for a wonder, not above taking advice from a junior, when it happened to be good, and coincided with his own opinion.
gpt
What say you, my lads--do you think you've got strength enough in your arms to punish some of those rascals for Mr Linton's too like death, and the trick they played us?
human
All right, sir, never fear. We can give it them yet,
gpt
Well, then, Jennings, do you steer due west,--right for that tar, that is your course. When you get about five miles from this, fire a musket, and continue firing every ten minutes. They will show a blue light as soon as they hear you, and you can scarcely miss the ship. Take poor Timmins on board with you--there's no one else hurt, I hope.
human
No, sir, no,
gpt
I need not tell you to make the best of your way, and I'm sorry, for your sakes, we can't have you, my men, with us, in the affair on hand.