human
Have you got that painter fast to the ring-bolt so that you can cast off directly?
gpt
Ay, ay, sir. Hear the pumps going?
human
Yes; go on stowing the stores sent down as well as you can. Mr Preddle will help you.
gpt
There, doctor, he said the next minute,
human
From the explosion?
gpt
It would not hurt us, said Mr Brymer, coolly, for now that Miss Denning and her brother were safe, he did not seem to mind.
human
When the powder goes off it will be amidships, and strike up. We shall only hear the noise, and perhaps have a few bits of burning wood come down near. What I fear is Jarette and his party when they take to the boats. But I think we can out-sail them.
gpt
Then what are we going to do now?
human
Collect everything that I think may be of use, so work away, Dale, my lad, and help me. Hampton, Blane, get another breaker of water. Take the one on the poop-deck, and lower it down over the stern.