"Why, does the captain know that I was tipsy ?" "I think you took devilish good care to let him know it when you were at the theatre." "At the theatre! was I at the theatre ?" "To be sure you were.

You would go, do all we could to prevent you, though you were as drunk as David's sow.

Your captain was there with the admiral's daughters.

You called him a tyrant and snapped your fingers at him.

Why, don't you recollect?
You told him that you did not care a fig for him." "Oh dear! oh dear! what shall I do?
what shall I do ?" cried I: "My mother cautioned me so about drinking and bad company." "Bad company, you whelp--what do you mean by that ?" "O, I did not particularly refer to you." "I should hope not! However, I recommend you, as a friend, to go to the George Inn as fast as you can, and see your captain, for the longer you stay away, the worse it will be for you.