"It makes one feel like a milksop.

Whose cabin is it I have got ?" "I believe that it is the cabin usually used by the supercargo, who is in charge of the goods and does the trading, but the men say the captain of this ship has been a great many years in Polani's employment, and often sails without a supercargo, being able to manage the trading perfectly well by himself.

But the usual cabin is only half the size of yours, and two have been thrown into one to make it light and airy." "And where do you sleep, Giuseppi ?" "I am going to sleep in the passage outside your door, Messer Francisco." "Oh, but I sha'n't like that!" Francis said.

"You ought to have a better place than that." Giuseppi laughed.
"Why, Messer Francisco, considering that half my time I slept in the gondola, and the other half on some straw in our kitchen, I shall do capitally.

Of course I could sleep in the fo'castle with the crew if I liked, but I should find it hot and stifling there.