human
How in the world shall I ever get into it? said Flora, appealing to her attendant in a tone half laughing, half crying.
gpt
If it is such a difficult thing now when the ship is at anchor, what will it be when she is plunging about in a storm?
human
You had better hax the capting, Marm. He must know the proper way of climbing up, for it was his own berth.
gpt
That will seem so absurd. He may, however, have a step-ladder to reach it. Go to him, and ask him, with my compliments, how he gets into bed.
human
La, Marm, he says 'that he gets in like other folks; that where there's a will there's allers a way.' An' he burst out into such a loud roaring laugh that it made me feel quite ashamed. Arter he had had his fun and wiped his eye--he has but one, you knows, Marm--he cries out, 'Hout! lass, let her jest make a flight of steps, by pulling out the drawers one above another for a little way. They answer the purpose of stairs, and if she's in downright earnest, she'll soon learn how to get in.'