I've never heard of anything so cool.

What did you say your name is, young man ?" "A.

A.Percival, sir." "Ah--ahem! I see.

Will it offend you, A.A., if I make so bold as to inquire why the devil you neglected to book your passage in the regular way, as any gentleman from Baltimore might have been expected to do, and where is your passport, your certificate of health, your purse and your discharge from prison ?" Mr.Percival spread out his hands in a gesture of complete surrender.
"Would you be interested in my story, Captain Trigger?
It is brief, but edifying.

When I arrived in town, the evening before you were to sail, I had a wallet well-filled with gold, currency, and so forth.