human
That must depend on circumstances, my lad, said Dr McManus.
gpt
For if you can't go, you can't. The captain must find another opportunity of getting you on board.
human
But suppose the frigate has to fight an action, I would not be absent on any account,
gpt
With a fractured tibia, and the inflammation which would be sure to supervene, you would not render much service to your country, observed the doctor.
human
When you have sufficiently recovered you can get back to Port Royal, and rejoin your ship; she's not likely to be sent to a distance while the enemy's fleet threaten the island. Indeed, we require all the forces on shore and afloat we can collect. I don't quite understand what we shall do if we are attacked here, though I'm very sure we shall fight to the last before we let the French and Spanish land.
gpt
It's not a bad place to be in, if you only had the use of your legs, Mr Terence. Them nager boys and girls are mighty funny creatures. What bothers me most is that I didn't bring my fiddle on shore, for sure if I had, it would have been after setting them all dancing, till they danced out of their black skins. It's rare fun to see them laughing as if they'd split their sides, when I sing to them. They bate us Irishmen hollow at that fun, I'll allow. I find it a hard matter to contain myself when I see them rolling their eyes and showing their white teeth as they stretch their mouths from ear to ear.
human
I'll try and get a fiddle for the boy, and put it to the test,