Was that the end of the affair ?" "As far as I was concerned it was, Mr Simple; but not as respected others.

The captain took my place, but without the knowledge of the father.

After all, they neither had great reason to rejoice at the exchange." "How so, Mr Chucks--what do you mean ?" "Why, Mr Simple, the captain did not make an honest woman of her, as I would have done; and the father discovered what was going on, and one night the captain was brought on board run through the body.

We sailed immediately for Gibraltar, and it was a long while before he got round again: and then he had another misfortune." "What was that ?" "Why he lost his boatswain, Mr Simple; for I could not bear the sight of him--and then he lost (as you must know, not from your own knowledge, but from that of others) a boatswain who knows his duty." "Every one says so, Mr Chucks.

I'm sure that our captain would be very sorry to part with you." "I trust that every captain has been with whom I've sailed, Mr Simple.
But that was not all he lost, Mr Simple; for the next cruise he lost his masts; and the loss of his masts occasioned the loss of his ship, since which he has never been trusted with another, but is laid on the shelf.
Now he never carried away a spar of any consequence during the whole time that I was with him.