human
And now, my lad, said Flett, blowing a hot potato that he held in his horny hand,
gpt
Well, captain, I said, looking down at my platter and wondering how I could eat its plentiful contents, hungry though I was,
human
I just sauntered along to see if I could get some work. My mother's sorely needin' help now, ye ken, since father was drowned, and I maun be doing something.
gpt
Ay, ye're right there, lad; ye're right there. But what kind o' work were ye seekin'?
human
I carena what it be, if it's just work, I replied.
gpt
But I was thinkin' I'd go in one o' the Kirkwall ships if there was one wantin' a lad.
human
Jerry, he asked, turning to the seaman,
gpt
Ay, said Jerry.
human
He sailed yestreen in the Foaming Wave, the lazy rascal.
gpt
We'll need a lad in his place then, said Peter.
human
Could Ericson come aboard when we're round in Stromness?
gpt
Ye see, Ericson, said the skipper, looking kindly at me and casting another slice of meat on my platter,
human
Ye see the Falcon's but a wee slip o' a craft, considerin'. But maybe ye'd get along wi' us weel enough till a better offers. So, if ye like, Jerry here'll make up a bunk to ye, and I'll see that your mother, puir soul, doesna want for onything. Sandy Ericson was a good man, as everybody kens, and his widow maun be cared for.