human
I swear, if it was the last word I had to titter, I've done nothing! I never drugged nobody's food!
gpt
All right, matey, said the sailor I had seen talking to the steersman;
human
You? cried the cook.
gpt
You've poisoned them!
human
Not I, my lad, said the man, laughing; and every word he uttered rang in my ears as if it was being shouted by some tremendous voice, for my senses were at that moment abnormally clear.
gpt
Not I, my lad. I was up yonder, when I saw Brymer and the rest of 'em get together to have what old Frenchy calls a parley, and they hadn't been there long, leaving me wondering what game was up, and what they were going to do about the lads down below, when I see the sky-light opened a bit. So of course I crep' along the deck to hear what they'd got to say.
human
And did you hear?
gpt
Every word, mate. They were going to get the doctor to find the stuff to send all the lads to sleep, and then they were going to open the hatch and shove Jarette by himself, and the others some in the cable-tier and some in the hold.
human
Yes, yes!