human
We still hold our own, said Jack to Archie Gordon, who was walking the deck.
gpt
If we can continue to do that until the sea goes down, we may still do well; and we must hope, if we should let drop an anchor, that it will prove sounder than the last. Probably the engineers will by that time have accomplished their task, and we shall be able to get steam on the ship. She doesn't sail close-hauled as well as I expected, and we never before have had an opportunity of testing her as we are now doing.
human
I suspect that it is the current carrying her to leeward, observed Archie.
gpt
Possibly the wind may increase before daylight, and we shall then be better able to claw off the land.