human
Aunt Euphemia! cried Louise, when the master mariner ushered the lady in.
gpt
What has happened?
human
Haven't you heard? Did you not get a letter?
gpt
From daddy-prof?
human
Yes. Mailed at Gibraltar. Nothing has happened to that vessel he is on. That was all a ridiculous story. But there is something else, Louise.
gpt
Sit down, ma'am, Cap'n Amazon was saying politely.
human
Do sit down, ma'am.
gpt
Not in this house, declared the lady, with finality.
human
I do not feel safe here. And it's not safe for you to be here, Louise, with this--this man. You don't know who he is; nobody knows who he is. I have just heard all about it from one of the--er--natives. Mr. Abram Silt never had a brother that anybody in Cardhaven ever saw. There is no Captain Amazon Silt--and never was!
gpt
Oh!
human
Nor does your father say a word in his letter to me about Abram Silt being with him aboard that vessel, the _Curlew_. Nobody knows what has become of your uncle--the man who really owns this store. How do we know but that this--this creature, concluded Aunt Euphemia, with dramatic gesture,
gpt
It 'ud be jest like the old pirate!