Yet I was not surprised to see you back." "And she--she did not deem me a traitor ?" I asked.
"That maiden," said Ludar, gravely, "knows not what traitor means." Whereat I felt partly humbled, partly comforted.
"Yes," said Ludar, "I am glad to have you back, Humphrey, for this voyage bodes uneasily." "How do you mean ?" I asked.
"Our messmates," said he (and then I noticed that he wore a sailor's jacket), "are a scurvy crew, as you will presently discover.

The captain already repents that he has taken us.

The old nurse is hard to please." Here he sighed.

"The serving man is a fool.

And the stranger--" "Ay, what of him?
Who is he ?" "He is a half-witted spark, a fugitive from justice, and, to boot, an impudent coxcomb whom I have had ten minds already to pitch over the ship's side.