No, sir, I've got me orders an' I've got me letter, an' the pore old _Andromeda_ gets ripped to pieces in the Recife, or I'll know the reason why.

Wot a card to play at the inquiry! Owner's niece on board--bound to South America for the good of 'er health.

'Oo even 'eard of a man sendin' 'is pretty niece on a ship 'e meant to throw away?
It's Providential, that's wot it is, reel Providential! I do believe ole Verity 'ad a 'and in it." Which shows that Captain Coke confused Providence with David Verity, and goes far to prove how ill-fitted he was to theorize on the ways of Providence..