Then, as if he had suddenly been engaged as a dentist's specimen, he bared all his fine white teeth in the broadest of broad grins.
"Nay, skipper," he said, "you wouldn't do that.

Me and my shipmets wouldn't want to make another v'yge with you if you was that sort o' capt'n.

I'll buy you another one when we gets to Chany.

Here's off!" He nodded to all in turn, went out of the door, rattled his umbrella on the iron railings in front, making Bruff utter a low discontented growl, and then, as the door was closed, the growl became a deeply-drawn breath like a sigh, while putting his nose to the crack at the bottom, he stood with his ears twitching, giving forth a faint whine now and then, apparently not quite satisfied as to whether he had done his duty, and uneasy in his mind about that umbrella.

"You will have to be careful with that dog, Mark," said the captain.