human
Now, my men, he said, addressing his crew,
gpt
What boat is that?
human
A fishing-boat coming up astern, sir,
gpt
Let her come alongside, then--we want some fish,
human
Ah! I think I know that brig! exclaimed Zappa--
gpt
I am certain of it-- she is no other than the one which lay in Valetta harbour when I was last there; and her captain, too, was, I learnt, the very officer I met at the ball, who was dancing so frequently with my fair prisoner. Now, by some wonderful chance or other, he has discovered that she was not lost in the _Zodiac_, and has come here to look for her--I see it all at once, and if I am right--good luck befriend me; for, should he discover me, I have not a chance of escape. It would be wiser not to venture on board, but to pull quietly back to the mistico, and to wait till night, when we may try the effect of our fire-ship; but, then again, it is not likely that any one but he should know me at all, and my dress is so different to what it was when he saw me, and my beard is so grown, that even, should I be brought into his presence, he will not probably recognise me. I may gain something of what they are about, and the venture is, at at events, worth making.