human
I swear I can see the hangman's knot in her halyard, Gleazen cried, and roundly braced his oath.
gpt
Never before did I feel such an itching on my neck.
human
If she's a government vessel, gentlemen, I can assure you that we will not run from her. We have committed no crime; we carry no contraband. It is not government vessels I fear.
gpt
There's reason in that, too! Gleazen muttered.
human
Yes, I'd as soon swing, as go over the side with my throat slit. Then, caustically, he added,
gpt
No! Oh, no! We've no contraband, you say. So we haven't. But we have enough water-casks for three hundred men, and lumber for extra decks, and shackles and nigger food.
human
If she's the Shark she's sailing under false colors. See! She's broken out the flag of Spain.
gpt
Humph, Captain North grunted,
human
In either case, Captain North, she is outsailing us, for all our Baltimore bow and grand spread of canvas, Matterson interposed.
gpt
But never fear, Captain North, Gleazen and I have a way with us. We have no wish to meet with any ships of war, but from mere pirates and slavers we are not, I beg to assure you, in any great danger.
human
Humph! The devil looks well after his own.
gpt
The devil, Matterson retorted with an ironical smile,