human
Why did you not, before this evening, tell me that the lady was gone for mad, as you call it?
gpt
Massa nebber asked dah question.
human
Have you seen her?
gpt
No, sah, and I dun wan' to. Her laugh make my blood creep. It's wuss dan her singing, sah. Now and agin she laugh, but now she sings no mo'.
human
How is she watched at night, do you know?
gpt
Is she watched?
human
Mariana him sometime sleep and sometime sit at her door. When him sleep, den Don Christoval keep watch. When Don Christoval sleep den t'odder gent keep watch. Dey makes tree watches ob it, sah.
gpt
But what are you to find out by listening? said I.
human
You don't understand Spanish, and those three men among themselves talk in no other language.
gpt
Mariana, him say to me in de galley, 'Tom,' him say, 'you look to de sailors' pudden. De massa wan' me to keep watch in de cabin.' I say, 'Why you no sleep now in the fok'sle?' and he say he hab business in de cabin.