human
How could I help 'em to get out when I haven't left the wheel?
gpt
But there was a rope hanging down from the spanker-boom.
human
I don't care if all the ropes in the ship hung down. I arn't moved. Ask them.
gpt
No, he hasn't left the wheel,
human
How do you know? How could you see?
gpt
Hadn't he got the binnacle-light on his phiz all the time, captain?
human
Then who did help them? Some one fastened that line. Look, there it is.
gpt
That line doesn't belong there, and wasn't there yesterday, cried Jarette.
human
There's a traitor somewhere.
gpt
All right, cap'n, find him then,
human
If it was you!
gpt
Look here, don't you shove that pistol in my face, cried Bob Hampton, angrily,
human
And if I'd wanted to help 'em to get on deck, do you think I should ha' been such a fool as to tie a bit o' signal halyard to the spanker-boom, when I could ha' made a bit o' strong rope fast to the belaying-pins, and hung it over the stern?
gpt
Then it must have been one of them two, said Bob Hampton;
human
It was not one of them, said Jarette, with a peculiar intonation in his voice.
gpt
I'm not afraid of that.
human
Strikes me, growled Bob,
gpt
Hah! cried Jarette,
human
Like enough,
gpt
And you helped him.
human
Oh, very well, then, have it your own way if you like; I helped him,-- but how I could ha' done it, I don't know, cap'n, nor them two neither. I don't care. But look here, I'm down tired, and it's time some one else took his trick at the wheel. I want a sleep.
gpt
If you play false to me, Bob Hampton, came in tones which made me shiver,
human
Two jours, that's two days, arn't it, skipper?
gpt
No, hissed the man fiercely;
human
Now, said Jarette,
gpt
Ay, ay,