And the accent on the pronoun, the heightened colour of the speaker's face, and the contained excitement in his tones, advertised me at once that I had not been alone to make discoveries.
"I have found a Chinaman's chest in the galley," said I, "and John (if there was any John) was not so much as at the pains to take his opium." Nares seemed to take it mighty quietly.

"That so ?" said he.

"Now, cast your eyes on that and own you're beaten!" And with a formidable clap of his open hand he flattened out before me, on the deck, a pair of newspapers.
I gazed upon them dully, being in no mood for fresh discoveries.
"Look at them, Mr.Dodd," cried the captain sharply.

"Can't you look at them ?" And he ran a dirty thumb along the title.

"'_Sydney Morning Herald_, November 26th,' can't you make that out ?" he cried, with rising energy.