"Captain hasn't a bad notion about eating and drinking." "And smuggling and kidnapping," said Mike bitterly.
"Kidnapping!" said Vince cheerily.

"Ah, to be sure, that's the very word: I thought something had been done to us that there's a proper word for.

That's it, Ladle--kidnapped.

Yes, we've been kidnapped .-- I say!" "Well ?" "Look here: are we two chaps worth anything ?" "I don't feel to be now," said Mike; "I'm too miserable." "Well, so am I miserable enough, but I suppose we must be worth something, and that's why the skipper's going to feed us well." "What nonsense have you got in your head now ?" "Nonsense?
I call it some sense.

For that's it, Ladle, as sure as you stand there; he has kidnapped us, and he's going to take us right away somewhere.