human
A Government tug! he said,
gpt
Pshaw, she said,
human
Want? Want? He wants the Ninety-Nine and her cargo; but by the sun of my soul, he'll get her across the devil's gridiron! See here, my girl, this ain't any sport with you aboard. Bissonnette and I could make a stand for it alone, but what's to become of you? I don't want you mixed up in the mess.
gpt
But I'm in it, and I can't be out of it, and I don't want to be out now that I am in. Let me see the glass. She took it in one hand.
human
Yes, it must be M'sieu' Lafarge, she said, frowning.
gpt
He might have stayed out of this.
human
When he's got orders, he has to go, answered her father;
gpt
There are six or seven of them,
human
Bring her up to the wind, shouted Tarboe to Bissonnette. The mainsail closed up several points, the Ninety-Nine slackened her pace and edged in closer to the land.
gpt
Now, my girl, said Tarboe,
human
We've got nothing contraband. The gold is ours.
gpt
Trust that crew--but no! cried Tarboe, with an oath.
human
The Government would hold the rhino for possible owners, and then give it to a convent or something. They shan't put foot here. They've said war, and they'll get it. They're signalling us to stop, and they're bearing down. There goes a shot!
gpt
Captain, she said, like a trusted mate,
human
Her eyes flashed with the intelligence of war.
gpt
Here, quick, I'll take the tiller. They haven't seen Bissonnette yet; he sits low. Call all hands on deck--shout! Then, see: Loce will go down the middle hatch, get a gun, come up with it on his shoulder, and move on to the fo'castle. Then he'll drop down the fo'castle hatch, get along to the middle hatch, and come up again with the gun, now with his cap, now without it, now with his coat, now without it. He'll do that till we've got twenty or thirty men on deck! They'll think we've been laying for them, and they'll not come on--you see!
human
It's a great game,