human
We must go and lend a hand, said Tom,
gpt
A man overboard! On looking astern they saw him struggling in the waves. Who he was they could not tell. Hastening to the deck, they found the helm put down, the hands raising tacks and sheets to bring the ship about. In the mean time some oars and a hen-coop had been hove into the sea, but the man, whoever he was, seemed to have very little notion of swimming, as his efforts to reach them were unavailing. Tom's first impulse was to leap overboard. Gerald, holding him back, exclaimed,
human
You could not save the poor fellow; he would carry you down, if you attempted to get near him.
gpt
But I could tow the hen-coop up to him,
human
Stay where you are, young gentleman, said the doctor.
gpt
See! there is a man gone to his assistance;