human
Is that the Sea Lion, of Oyster Pond?
gpt
Ay, ay,
human
Is there one Watson, of Martha's Vineyard, shipped in that craft?
gpt
He was aboard here for a week, but left us suddenly. As he did not sign articles, I cannot say that he run.
human
He changed his mind, then, returned the other, as one expresses a slight degree of surprise at hearing that which was new to him.
gpt
Watson is apt to whiffle about, though a prime fellow, if you can once fasten to him, and get him into blue water. Does your schooner go out to-morrow, Captain Gar'ner?
human
Not till next day, I think, said Roswell Gardiner, with the frankness of his nature, utterly free from the slightest suspicion that he was communicating with one in the interests of rivals.
gpt
My mates have not yet joined me, and I am short of my complement by two good hands. Had that fellow Watson stuck by me, I would have given him a look at water that no lead ever sounded.
human
Ay, ay; he's a whiffler, but a good man on a sea-elephant. Then you think you'll sail day a'ter to-morrow?
gpt
If my mates come over from the main. They wrote me yesterday that they had got the hands, and were then on the look-out for something to get across in. I've come out here to be ready for them, and to pick 'em up, that they needn't go all the way up to the Harbour.
human
That's a good traverse, and will save a long pull. Perhaps they are in _that_ boat.
gpt
Mr. Hazard and the second officer were in the boat, with two seamen,