human
Not ver' good,
gpt
Who's helping you for the lower deck? Somebody helping you for the lower deck?
human
Two!
gpt
Two!
human
Not together. One man was come down with me--you know, man with hat---- and he held his hands up some distance out from his head on either side. Mike nodded.
gpt
He came down with me first day. Candlass tell me go down. Rafferty tell him. The cook talk rough. He say nozing--he just look. The cook say: 'What the hell you look at me?' and he say to cook--something I don't know. The cook run and get----
human
A mate cl'aver!
gpt
I don't know what you call. For chop--for cut meat.
human
Yes, that's right. And what was the feller with the hat after doing?
gpt
I beg your pardon,
human
Yes, yes. What?
gpt
Ze cook run out at zees man, but he did not jump. He stand and look. Ze cook drop his hand and put the knife with handle down.
human
The cl'aver,
gpt
What you say? Oh, yes, clever--ver' clever, not afraid. There is nozing more for a little while, then the cook come to the door and he say: 'I have white vife in Liverpool,' and this man---- and again the gesture on either side of the head--
human
He is a nigger, is he--a black fellow?
gpt
Black, yes. He say: 'What you mean?' This fellow only say once more: 'Come outside.' The cook stand inside door and say: 'Yah! You someting cattleman!' and zees man heet him.
human
Eh?
gpt
Heet.
human
Oh yes, quite.
gpt
He go down bang! And he get up and reach for---- and again he indicated the cleaver.
human
But zees man with big hat have valise like me. He give it to the baker to keep for him for a shilling----
gpt
A valise! said Mike.
human
Go on.
gpt
He jump inside baker's cabin, and he say: 'Partner, you give me my valise dam' quick!' He grab it from inside and bring out one revolver. Ze cook run past me and say: 'Where he go?' I say nozing--I am too excite. And zees man---- again he showed the breadth of hat--
human
And did he dance?
gpt
He try to dance! Pierre shook his head.
human
No, not good. He kneel down, and ze man go away. By and by he look out and he say to me--he shake his fist at me--he say: 'By God, I report that man to Captain!' he say. 'You understand?' I say: 'Yes.' He shake his two fist at me and say again: 'By God, I report that man to Captain!' I say: 'Yes!'
gpt
You stay down?
human
Oh, not nice. He waved a hand in one direction.
gpt
But up here, he waved a hand in the other direction,
human
Ye're doing all the paylings yerself then now?
gpt
I beg your par_don_?
human
All alone down there now--you?
gpt
No. Anozer man come down. Ze cook say to Meestair Rafferty, when he come past: 'I want anozer man. I give zat ozer man ze sack. He no good.'----
human
The hell he did!
gpt
Yes, he do. And Rafferty bring down anozer man.
human
Has he got a gun too, do you think?
gpt
What you say? No, no. Coat and spectacles.
human
Do ye mane to tell me, said Mike, disgusted,
gpt
So long just now, said Mike, and plunged down after the crowd; and Pierre, who in a menial capacity had helped to prepare this meal, went down again to the galley door from his airing, to take what food the cook would have ready for him. He gathered that Mike had some contempt for his occupation down there, but in so far as the society went, it was--as he had phrased it--not nice there, not nice here. But the quality, as well as the quantity, of the food doled out to him in return for his services at the galley door, was greatly different from that which was scrimmaged for in the cattlemen's cabin, gristly hash and a biscuit, and a tin-cupful of soup. Pierre, down there forward, ate as well as the captain--had mashed potatoes, a little piece of fish, well cooked Irish stew, a hunk of pie; and, if they had paid no heed to the fierce expletives volleyed upon them, the two galley slaves received a cup of coffee later, with:
human
Here--here's a cup of coffee for you, you poor devils.