human
Hilloa! waterman! cried another, perceiving me,
gpt
Help, waterman; help me first; I'm senior clerk, cried a voice which I well knew. I put out my oar to him as he struggled in the water, and soon had him clinging to the wherry. I then tried to catch hold of the man who had sunk the boat by his attempt to toss the oar, but he very quietly said,
human
No, damn it, there's too many; we shall swamp the wherry; I'll swim on shore