human
She will be up to it, too, sir, I am afraid, long before we can reach it, he observed.
gpt
Shall we get a gun ready to fire, sir?
human
In mercy's name, no! exclaimed Fleetwood.
gpt
We do not know what innocent people might be injured.
human
I meant to fire at the mistico, sir, said the lieutenant.
gpt
She is, I am certain, a piratical craft, and if those on the raft are of the same kidney, she will assist them to escape; or if not, her people will rob and murder them under our very eyes.
human
You forget, Mr Saltwell, that we cannot be certain of that craft being a pirate, and till we are, we have no right to fire, said the captain.
gpt
Besides, our shot might strike the raft, or the pirates, if such they are, might fire on it in revenge.