What's that?
What did you say ?" The steward in charge of the boat repeated his remark and Mr.Landover at once said he would report him to Captain Trigger.
"But it won't do any good," complained the banker despairingly.

"Captain Trigger hasn't got the backbone of a fishworm.

He'd let you tell him to go to hell and never think of jacking you up for it.

No wonder we're in the fix we're in now.

If he'd had the sense of a jelly-fish he'd have--Here! Sit still! You'll upset the boat, you fool! What--What are you going to do with that oar ?" "I'm going to crack you over the bean with it if you don't take back what you said about Captain Trigger," said the steward, very earnestly.
"Take it back, do you hear me ?" "My God, would you murder me for a little thing like that ?" Mr.Nicklestick aroused himself from the torpor of despair.
"Take it back, Mr.Landover,--please do.