human
Martin, said Sir Richard, as we sat at breakfast beside a crystal pool,
gpt
Martin, said he, pulling at Pluto's nearest ear with sunburned fingers,
human
I do begin to think that all these days I have been harbouring a shadow.
gpt
How so, sir?
human
It hath seemed to me from the first that I should leave this poor body here in Darien--
gpt
God forbid!
human
Nay, dear sir, I had liefer you bear your body along with it. Thank God, you do grow more hearty every day. And the ague scarce troubles you--
gpt
Truly, God hath been very kind. I am thrice the man I was, though I limp wofully, which grieves me since it shortens the day's journey, lad. We have been already these many days and yet, as I compute, we have fully eighty miles yet to go. Alas, dear lad, how my crawling must fret you.
human
Sir Richard, said I, clapping my hand on his,
gpt
What manner of man is this Adam of yours, Martin?
human
He is himself, sir, and none other like him: a little, great man, a man of cunning plots and contrivances, very bold and determined and crafty beyond words. He is moreover a notable good seaman and commander, quick of hand and eye. Dangers and difficulty are but a whetstone to set a keener edge to his abilities. He was once a chief of buccaneers and is now a baronet of England and justice of the peace, aye, and I think a member of His Majesty's Parliament beside.
gpt
Lord, Martin, you do paint me a very Proteus; fain would I meet such a man.
human
Why, so you shall, sir, and judge for yourself.