human
All right, sir; not asleep, he cried.
gpt
Oh, it's you, Mr Rodd! I fancied that it was the skipper, who thought he had caught me napping. Just you look yonder, sir. You are coming fresh to it. I have been staring till the little flashes of light make my eyes swim. Now then, just you look about half a cable's length left of that line of light, and see if you can't see something breaking water there.
human
See anything, sir? said Joe at last.
gpt
No.
human
That'll do then, sir. It was my fancy. Well, we are having a quiet night of it, sir. No more signs of that old sea bogy, and like enough we shan't get a squint at it again.
gpt
I don't suppose we shall now, Joe.
human
Sleepy, sir?
gpt
Not a bit, Joe. Here, I want to speak to you about that thing.
human
I am listening, sir. Talk away. Rather queer, warn't it, to come upon a thing like that just when you didn't expect it?
gpt
Yes, Joe; and you said something about my not being frightened.
human
Yes, sir. You quite capped me.
gpt
Stop a minute, Joe. I want to say something to you.
human
All right, sir,