human
That's her, I can't help thinking, he muttered.
gpt
But what she wants out there, I can't say.
human
Here, Mr Timmins, just tell me what you think of that chap out there, over the weather cat-head,
gpt
She's a lateen-rigged craft standing on a wind athwart our course, sir,
human
That one may see with half an eye, Mr Timmins; but do you see nothing unusual about her?
gpt
I can't say that I see any difference between her and the craft, which one is always meeting with in these seas, answered the mate.
human
Her canvas stands well, and looks very white as we see her beam almost on to us. She seems one of those vessels with a name I never could manage to speak, which trade along the coast of Sicily and Italy, and come over to Malta.
gpt
By the way she is standing, she will pass at no great distance to leeward of us, and if she was to haul up a little, she would just about reach us,
human
Just about it, sir,
gpt
Well, then, Mr Timmins, keep your eye on her, and when we get near her, if there is still light enough left to make her out, tell me if you have ever seen her before.