You were not referring to anyone on board, were you ?" "I sure hope not," he scratched his head, staring up at me through the dim light, wakefulness encouraging him to talk.

"They tell me ye are a sea-farin' man.

Well, I wus a Deal fisher, but hev made a half dozen deep-sea v'y'ges.

Thet's how I hed the damn luck ter meet up with this Sanchez I was a speakin' 'bout.

He's the only one ever I know'd.