human
Read it, Meyer--read it. What d'you think of it?
gpt
John Rowland, sailor of the _Titan_, with child passenger, name unknown, on board _Peerless_, Bath, at Christiansand, Norway. Both dangerously ill. Rowland speaks of ship cut in half night before loss of _Titan_.
human
What do you make of it, Meyer--_Royal Age_, isn't it?
gpt
Yes, vociferated another,
human
I've figured back. Only ship not reported lately. Overdue two months. Was spoken same day fifty miles east of that iceberg.
gpt
Sure thing, said others.
human
Nothing said about it in the captain's statement--looks queer.
gpt
Vell, vwhat of it, said Mr. Meyer, painfully and stupidly:
human
But why did the captain conceal it? they shouted at him.
gpt
What's his object--assured against collision suits?
human
Der looks of it, berhaps--looks pad.
gpt
Nonsense, Meyer, what's the matter with you? Which one of the lost tribes did you spring from--you're like none of your race--drinking yourself stupid like a good Christian. I've got a thousand on the _Titan_, and if I'm to pay it I want to know why. You've got the heaviest risk and the brain to fight for it--you've got to do it. Go home, straighten up, and attend to this. We'll watch Rowland till you take hold. We're all caught.