That little chap's a devil.

He's got the nerve for anything, only he hasn't got the muscle.
Well! Well! You've had a chance to get in with a whole skin and with all your things." "I was incredulous a little.

It seemed impossible that after getting ready with so much hurry and inconvenience I should have lost my chance of a start in life from such a cause.

I asked: "Does that sort of thing happen often so near the dock gates ?" "Often! No! Of course not often.

But it ain't often either that a man comes along with a cabload of things to join a ship at this time of night.