I told her that I had promised to go on board and look after the men while the captain went on shore; thus, as you'll see, Mr Simple, making myself a man of consequence, only to be more mortified in the end.

After she had gone to the opera, I was very uncomfortable: I was afraid that the captain would see her, and take a fancy to her.

I walked up and down, outside, until I was so full of love and jealousy that I determined to go into the pit and see what she was about.

I soon discovered her in a box, with some other ladies, and with them were my captain and first lieutenant.

The captain, who spoke the language well, was leaning over her, talking and laughing, and she was smiling at what he said.