"Yes, miss, Aye knows him well.

It's not far from here, and Ay'll be passing his door.

Will Aye carry your bag ?" And, not waiting for an answer, he hoisted it on his shoulder, and signed to her to follow him.

He was right; she had not far to go before she reached the little, uneven row of houses called Reuben Street, at one of which an old woman, with bucket and cloth, was preparing to wash the doorstep.
"Here's the young leddy come," said the sailor, pushing the portmanteau into the passage.
"Will I pay you something ?" said Valmai, nervously fingering her purse.
"Aw naw, nawthin' at all," said the sailor, hurrying away, with a flush on his face that showed her her hesitation had not been unwarranted.
In fact, Jim Harris considered himself a "friend of the family," and had gone to the station with the express intention of meeting the "young leddy." Having for years sailed under Captain Powell, he still haunted his house whenever he was on dry land.

Every morning he went in to shave him, and in the evening he mixed his toddy for him and made him comfortable for the night, expecting and receiving no more than the friendship and grateful thanks of the old man who had, not so long ago, been his captain.