human
It's so, Captain Gar'ner, said Stimson, respectfully, but with point;
gpt
It may be the hand of Providence, my good fellow; for I very frankly own I can see no direct physical cause. Nevertheless, I fancy it would be found that the tides or currents have something to do with it, if the truth could be come at.
human
Well, sir, and who causes the tides and currents to run, this-a-way and that-a-way?
gpt
There you have me, Stephen; for I never could get hold of the clew to their movements at all, answered Roswell, laughing.
human
There is a reason for it all, I dare say, if one could only find it out. Captain Daggett, it is high time to look after the safety of your schooner. She ought to be in the cove before night sets in, since the ice has found its way into the bay.