human
Now then, he said;
gpt
Right straight ahead, sir. You can't miss it if it's there, for it stretches away as far as you like to left and right!
human
Why, there's no land, Joe.
gpt
Not looking down low enough, sir, perhaps. It aren't right up in the sky.
human
Well, who's looking up in the sky? cried Rodd irritably.--
gpt
I am looking right down to the horizon line.
human
Well, that's right, sir. Take a good long look. Now then, can't you see it?
gpt
Can't you see it, Master Rodd?
human
No.
gpt
Perhaps 'tarn't land, then, sir.
human
No. It was all your fancy. There's nothing to be seen.
gpt
Where are you looking, sir?
human
At a little low bank of pale misty cloud. That's all, Joe. Your eyes want a good rub.
gpt
Dessay they do, sir. They aren't much account, said the man;
human
and putting his hands to the sides of his mouth he yelled out in stentorian tones,
gpt
Land ho!
human
Here, what are you doing? cried Rodd angrily.
gpt
Spreading a false alarm like that!
human
Oh, it's right enough, sir.
gpt
But there's nothing but a cloud there, Joe.
human
Looks like it, sir, but land it is all the same.
gpt
Where away?
human
Dead ahead, sir,