And before the Cap'n could protest she was arranging his tie for him.

"You old sea captains!------" she said, untying the scarf and making the ends even.
"As if anyone could possibly be afraid to sail in anything one of YOU had charge of!" She gave the necktie a little final pat.

"There, now!" The Captain's frown was gone past replacement.

But he still felt that he owed something to himself.
"If you was to ask me," he said, turning to Cleggett, "whether what I'd got to say to you would do later, or whether it wouldn't do later, I'd answer you it would, or it wouldn't, all accordin' to whether you wanted to hear it now, or whether you wanted to hear it later.

And as far as SAILIN' her is concerned, Mr.Cleggett, I'll SAIL her, whether you turn her into a battleship or into one of these here yachts.