Do you never miss your bone-soup, sir?
_I_ do.

It mightn't have been strong; but it was very hot; and the cold seemed to give it a kind of a meaty flavor as it went down.

Was it you that was a-coughing so long last night, sir?
I don't presume to say anything against the air of these latitudes; but I should be glad to know it wasn't you that was a-coughing so hollow.

Would you be so obliging as just to feel the state of these ropes with the ends of your fingers, sir?
You can dry them afterward on the back of my jacket." "You ought to have a stick laid on the back of your jacket.

Take that box down to the boat directly.