But don't you go an' take as Gospel most things 'e says.

Every shipmaster knows that the second officer simply can't speak the truth.

It ain't natural.

W'y, it 'ud bust a steam pipe if 'e tole you wot 'e really thought of the ole man." Coke grinned at his own pleasantry.

To one of his hearers, at least, it seemed to be passing strange that he was so ready to forget such a vital defect in the steering gear as had manifested its existence a few minutes earlier.
At any rate, he remained on the bridge until long after Iris had seen and admired the cluster of stars which oldtime navigators used to regard with awe.