He remembered how adventure called when he was young.

Well, he had got adventure, but perhaps not the kind Lister seemed to enjoy.

Anyhow, he had not started off with an empty wallet to look about the world.
"How much does your roll amount to ?" he asked with a bluntness he sometimes used.
When Lister told him he laughed.

The young fellow was good stuff; Cartwright liked his rashness.
"Well," he said, "you have pluck, and if you're obstinate, pluck takes you far.

Have you got a promise from any of our shipping offices ?" Lister said he had not.