human
She'll get away, uncle, cried Rodd excitedly,
gpt
That must be from the fort up behind the town, Rodd, cried Uncle Paul.
human
It's too thick to see any splash, but they must be in earnest now, and will not be firing blank charges. It looks as if they mean to sink her if she doesn't stop.
gpt
They've got to hit her first, uncle, cried Rodd excitedly.
human
Oh, I can't help it, uncle, he continued, with his lips close to his uncle's ear so that the waiter should not catch his words,
gpt
Well, my boy, I can't help feeling the same, though she's neither enemy nor friend of ours, and we don't know what it all means; for I don't suppose, he said, with a half-laugh,
human
Ha, ha! he cried.
gpt
You sink so? You say le Petit Caporal is on board?
human
No, no, cried Uncle Paul;
gpt
I didn't say so.
human
No, sare; you think so, and zat is it. He has escape himself from ze place where you English shot him up safe, and he come in zat sheep to burn down ze town. But ah-h-h, again they will sink him. Faith of a man, no! he cried angrily, for there was a shot from another battery, this time nearer the harbour mouth.
gpt
They cannot shoot straight.