human
She--pitches--like--an--old--hulk--on--a--swell! came churned, word by word, like short grunts, from the lips of the admiral.
gpt
Straight--up-- and--down--, and--I'll--be--capsized--directly--by--the--confounded-- old--brute!
human
Can't you hurry, uncle? exclaimed Pet, impatiently, reining in her fiery horse with difficulty, to the dead march of the admiral.
gpt
Here we're going along like a funeral or a mourning procession, or a pilgrimage, or anything else that's slow and stupid. Can't you put some life into that spavined, knock-kneed, ring-boned, wheezy old nag of yours with your whip and spurs?
human
I--I'm--jolted--to--death--already--Pet. Every--timber--in--this--old--hulk--is--sprung. Couldn't--go-a--step--further--if--old--Neptune--was--to--rise--from the--ocean--and--ask--it--of--me--as--a--particular--favor!
gpt
Well, then, I can't wait. Starlight won't be held in, said Pet.
human
I'll ride on to old Barrens Cottage, and wake up Ray. He'll have time to be up, and dressed, and mounted, before you reach there, at this solemn shuffle.