Oh, I guess you're mistaken." "No, we ain't.

I tell you, Whit, if I was you I'd make a fuss about this.

She's a smart child, Bos'n is; I never see a smarter.

And she ain't any too strong." "That's so, she ain't." The idea that Emily's health was "delicate" had become a fixed fact in the minds of the captain and the "Board." It made a good excuse for the systematic process of "spoiling" the girl, which the indulgent three were doing their best to carry on.
"I wouldn't let her be kept, Cy," urged Bailey.

"Why don't you go right off and see Phoebe and settle this thing?
You've got a right to talk to her.