I ha' done this thing that a rogue might be revealed to you and thwarted, as well as that I might make some little profit out of this ship o' mine.

I am frank with ye, Sir Oliver.

I ha' had some two hundred pounds in money and trinkets from your brother.

Give me the like and...." But now of a sudden Sir Oliver's listlessness was all dispelled.

It fell from him like a cloak, and he sat forward, wide awake and with some show of anger even.
"How do you say ?" he cried, on a sharp, high note.
The captain stared at him, his pipe neglected.