human
I like not thus to meet a bark such as that we have just passed. She is an omen of death and destruction to some who float on these seas; and if she was built in any known port, I am very much mistaken.
gpt
What, Senhor Nunez! do you not take her for a real ship? asked the second lieutenant.
human
For my own part, by her appearance, I had no doubt of it, and I felt my heart beat all the lighter when we were clear of her; now, if she were a phantom, as you seem to say, we should have gone clean through without any damage.
gpt
That comes of trusting to your new-fangled philosophy, instead of putting faith in the signs Heaven sends us to warn us of danger, answered the pilot.
human
Not that I mean to say there was anything holy in yonder bark; but Heaven often permits evil spirits to work out its own purposes, for which she may perhaps be allowed to wander on this stormy ocean. I have not doubled the Cape for the last fifty years without seeing such sights as would make your hair stand on end, and your heart sink within you.
gpt
Well, well, I will not now dispute the point with you, responded the young officer,
human
Do as you like; but it will be rousing him up to little purpose, said the old man.
gpt
The chances are, that the next time we see her, she will be right ahead, with all her canvass set, coming down upon us.