human
Now, look here, sir; didn't I explain to each of those agents exactly the sort of vessel I wanted before they gave me their orders to go and view the craft where they lay in dock or on the mud?
gpt
Yes, uncle, you told them exactly,
human
Do I look like an idiot, Rodd?
gpt
No, uncle. What a question!
human
Then how dare the scoundrels deal with me as if I didn't know what I was about! I said a schooner as plain as I could speak.
gpt
You did, uncle.
human
And one sent me to see that ramshackle old brig that looked as if it might have been a tender out of the Armada, and the two others sent me to see a barque that would want twice as big a crew as I should take, and the other to look over that abominable old billy-boy that you couldn't tell bow from stern, which so sure as she bumps upon a sandbank would melt away like butter. Thinking of nothing else but making a bit of commission, ready to sell one anything; but I am not going to be tricked like that.--Yes, what do you want? What is it?