human
What a beautiful colour! And what may be the name of those pretty things, doctor? I rely on your superior knowledge, which appears to cover a wider field than science, since you've just made me the friend of a man of whom I've never heard in my life.
gpt
We scientists call them the seeds of _Physostigma venenosum_; but they are known amongst you sailors as Calabar beans. Considering that there isn't a mariner cruising on the West Coast of Africa who doesn't know them, your education appears to have been singularly neglected. However, Daniel White will be able to complete it for you when the _Gurango_ rejoins the _Florentia_, on which ship--for the time being, at any rate--he escaped from justice.
human
So you persist in coupling your confounded steward with me and my ships, do you? he said, hotly.
gpt
Then let me tell you that you can talk enigmas and concoct your inventions until you are black in the face. I don't care _that_ for them, snapping his fingers;
human
His face was a study for a criminologist,