You simply can't do wrong, then.
And they are pretty quick judges of character, too.

Davidson's Chinaman was the first to find out his worth, on some theoretical principle.

One day in his counting-house, before several white men he was heard to declare: 'Captain Davidson is a good man.' And that settled it.

After that you couldn't tell if it was Davidson who belonged to the Chinaman or the Chinaman who belonged to Davidson.

It was he who, shortly before he died, ordered in Glasgow the new _Sissie_ for Davidson to command." We walked into the shade of the Harbour Office and leaned our elbows on the parapet of the quay.
"She was really meant to comfort poor Davidson," continued Hollis.