human
said the knight, pointing into the unfathomable mass.
gpt
She has signalled, and yonder fire burns to guide her in.
human
Wreck her! cried a Cornishman.
gpt
Let us build another fire on the cliff to the east. With fortune, she shall steer for our beacon instead of theirs.
human
We should but make ourselves known,
gpt
What ails you, Jacob Sadgrove?
human
God save me! A foul spirit close at my side. She grinned out of the snow and floated away, her feet never touching ground. A warning--a death warning, and I a miserable sinner.
gpt
Speak up, man! said Sir Thomas.
human
What is that you saw?
gpt
He has seen a wyvern, spoke the master contemptuously.
human
Was always a man to see more than other folk.
gpt
Stood at my side and grinned in a fearsome manner, whined the sailor.
human
The nose of her was slit like man yonder, and the ears of her were like a dog's, and she breathed fire out of her mouth.
gpt
Stay! cried Hough, stepping out.
human
Say you that her face was marked like mine?
gpt
The same, panted the man.
human
But dead and cold, and her eyes like fish----
gpt
Forgive me, friends, he cried.
human
The Lord delivered me that woman to slay, and I, weak vessel that I am, drew back, and now am punished, and in my punishment you must share. We are discovered.
gpt
The name of that woman?
human
The sister of your wife.
gpt
I knew it, groaned the knight.
human
The agent of my son's death. Which way went she?
gpt
She flew there--there,
human
Follow the tracks!
gpt
Nay, there are none. The snow already covers them.
human
Her feet ne'er touched the snow, wailed the man.
gpt
Her feet were hot from the everlasting fire.
human
Peace, fool, said Upcliff. He turned to Hough.
gpt
Are our lives in danger?
human
Never in greater. The woman is an Indian spy, who is now on her way to the settlement, where rules a hot-headed priest who has sworn to kill every Englishman in the land. They will be on us ere morning.
gpt
There is only one way, said the master.
human
We must break the ice, release our barque, and put out. The sea is calm.
gpt
She will not float.
human
She shall float.