human
Well, gentlemen, what's it to be?
gpt
Keep on firing to the last, said the doctor sternly.
human
Better die like men than surrender and be murdered, for after what has passed there can be no mercy here.
gpt
That's right, sir, said the man,
human
Why, you are not beaten, are you, Joe?
gpt
Not a bit of it, sir, but here's our schooner, and there's Mr Morny's brig. It's no use to make an ugly face over a nasty dose. We are beaten, and nothing that we could do could keep that slaver from seeing that she's won.
human
Go on firing, and sink her, cried Rodd.
gpt
Look at the other one,
human
Well, sir, that's what we have been trying to do; but she won't sink. How so be, here goes, my lad, for another try, and--What's the meaning of that?