human
Hollo! in the lighter there--I say, you _lighter boy_! were words I heard, as I was pacing the deck of the vessel in deep cogitation Tom and his father were both in the cabin; there could be no doubt but that they were addressed to me. I looked up, and perceived the grinning, stupid, sneering face of the young clerk, Gubbins.
gpt
Why don't you answer when you're called to, heh? continued the numbskull.
human
You're wanted up here! Come up directly.
gpt
Who wants me?
human
What's that to you? Do you mean to obey _my_ order or not?
gpt
No, I do not, replied I;
human
I'm not under the orders of such a fool, thank God; and if you come within my reach, I'll try if I can't break your head, thick as it is, as well as your master's.