human
Ha, ha! You see. The sheep will not get away, for at the forts they are alert and will sink her if she try.
gpt
Oh, but no vessel could try to put out in a storm like this, Rodd,
human
No, sare, continued the waiter excitedly;
gpt
She is a man-of-war, I suppose?
human
Yes, sare. Not very big, but an enemy; but if she fight they will shoot from all the forts and sink her.
gpt
But how do you know all this?
human
Many soldiers, horsemen, came galloping up to bring dispatches to the Governor. There, sare; you will look from the window, continued the man, using a clean serviette that he took from under his arm to rub the steamy window-panes, for the cold blast of the storm had caused the warm air inside to blur the glass with a thick deposit of vapour.
gpt
There, sare, continued the man;
human
Oh, it's too thick to see for the rain.
gpt
Yes, sare; but you see out zare in ze arbour ze two lights.
human
Nonsense man! cried Uncle Paul, half angrily.
gpt
That is the English schooner--ours.
human
Oh, non, non, non, monsieur! Away to ze _gauche_--ze left hand. Ze sheep with two high, tall mast, that we all see here when she come in ze storm yesterday. We all here with ze officer of ze regiment see you come in through ze storm, and ze enemy sheep, a stranger, come after, and ze officer say she will run you down and sink you in ze harbour!
gpt
Oh, that one!
human
Ah, I see, monsieur knows. You see her lights swing in the wind--two;
gpt
Yes, I see where you mean, cried Rodd;
human
Ah, ha! Monsieur is right. Zare is only one. Ze vind storm has blow out ze uzzer. Look, now zare is no light at all. Ze sheep put im out.