He rolled his eyes helplessly, resigned to receive a whipping such as he had long since bitterly learned white masters were wont to administer.
Captain Van Horn repeated the question, and the black repeated the helpless rolling of his eyes.
"For two sticks tobacco I knock 'm seven bells outa you," the skipper bullied.

"Now me give you strong fella talk too much.

You look 'm eye belong you one time along this fella dog belong me, I knock 'm seven bells and whole starboard watch outa you.

Savve ?" "Me savve," Lerumie, plaintively replied; and the episode was closed.
The return boys went below to sleep in the cabin.

Borckman and the boat's crew hoisted the mainsail and put the _Arangi_ on her course.