human
We've jus' got to find something for them to do,
gpt
They ought certainly to be kept in trim. Don't want them to get flabby.
human
said Stubbs.
gpt
Salt pork and hardtack is what they needs,--not beefsteak.
human
Nonsense, Stubbs. This isn't a slave-ship. Nothing like good fodder to keep 'em in trim. They are getting just what you get at a training table, and I know what that does,--keeps you fit as a king.
gpt
Mebbe so. I'll tell you what it'ull do for them,--it'll inspire 'em to cut our bonny throats some day. The ale alone 'ud do it. Think of servin' ale to sech as them with nothin' to do but sit in the sun. Darned if they ain't gettin' to look as chubby as them babies you see in the advertisements. An' their tempers is growin' likewise.
human
Good fightin' spirit, eh?
gpt
Yes, drawled Stubbs,
human
Well, said Danbury, after a moment's thought,
gpt
Bum Jocelin, known to the water-front police for fifteen years,--six feet of threatening insolence;
human
Black Morrison with two penitentiary sentences back of him; and
gpt
Splinter