And they all looked with astonishment at this man whose eye now disclosed an intelligence and his body a vigor they had not thought him capable of showing.
"You see," said Dantes, quitting the helm, "I shall be of some use to you, at least during the voyage.

If you do not want me at Leghorn, you can leave me there, and I will pay you out of the first wages I get, for my food and the clothes you lend me." "Ah," said the captain, "we can agree very well, if you are reasonable." "Give me what you give the others, and it will be all right," returned Dantes.
"That's not fair," said the seaman who had saved Dantes; "for you know more than we do." "What is that to you, Jacopo ?" returned the Captain.

"Every one is free to ask what he pleases." "That's true," replied Jacopo; "I only make a remark." "Well, you would do much better to find him a jacket and a pair of trousers, if you have them." "No," said Jacopo; "but I have a shirt and a pair of trousers." "That is all I want," interrupted Dantes.

Jacopo dived into the hold and soon returned with what Edmond wanted.
"Now, then, do you wish for anything else ?" said the patron.
"A piece of bread and another glass of the capital rum I tasted, for I have not eaten or drunk for a long time." He had not tasted food for forty hours.

A piece of bread was brought, and Jacopo offered him the gourd.
"Larboard your helm," cried the captain to the steersman.