Do you think a fellow seventeen years old is going to be put up or put down by marks ?" said Shuffles.
"I thought you had been working for a place in the cabin." "So I have, but I don't expect to get it.

I never studied so hard in my life, and I believe I haven't had a bad mark since I came on board, Lowington thinks I have reformed," laughed Shuffles.

"And so I have." "What do you want to get up a mutiny for, then ?" "I shall not, if I get a decent position; if I don't, I'm going in for some fun." "But do you really think of getting up a mutiny ?" asked Wilton, curiously.
"I was thinking the other day what a fine thing it would be if our fellows had the ship all to themselves." "What could we do with her ?" "Go on a cruise in her." "We couldn't handle her; there is hardly a fellow on board that knows anything about navigation." "Of course, I don't mean to do anything yet a while; not this year, perhaps.

One of these days, if we stay on board, we shall know all about a ship.

Fifteen or twenty of the fellows are studying navigation.