human
To be shure I will, he answered, and then addressing the captain, he said,
gpt
My nephew has a foster-brother, the boy standing there, who has made up his mind to go to sea. Will you receive him on board your ship? I own, however, that he will require a good deal of licking into shape before he becomes a sailor.
human
He appears to be a stout lad, and I have no doubt but that in course of time we shall succeed in making him one, answered the captain.
gpt
Do you wish to go to sea, boy?
human
Shure, yer honour, wherever Maisther Terence goes, I'm desirous of following, and as he's to become a midshipman, I'd wish to go wherever I can be with him.
gpt
That cannot be so exactly, answered the captain, laughing;
human
Hurrah! shure that's what I'll be after doing, and anything else your honour plaises, exclaimed Larry at the top of his voice, flourishing his hat at the same time above his head.
gpt
I'll be after showing yer honour how the boys in Tipperary fight.