Part 27 (1/2)
”Now, ood fellohat do you mean by that?”
”It was only an observation, sir”
”Then I ain 'Very true?' Of course, what I say is very true Do you think I should say a thing that was false?”
”Beg pardon, sir 'Fraid I picked up soate”
”Aard, Mr Gurr, aard”
”Yes, sir; of course”
”You do not understand the drift of ; ”understand drift of the tide much better”
”Mr Gurr!”
”Yes, sir”
”I was trying to teach you to pronounce the king's English correctly, and you turn it off with a ribald reate bad habits”
”It is a great privilege, Mr Gurr, to be one of those who speak the English tongue, so do not abuse it Say aard in future, not awk'ard”
”Certainly, sir, I'll try,” said the master; and then to himself, ”Starboard, larboard, for'ard, back'ard, awk'ard Why, what does hethe cliffs again, and the master took off his hat and wiped his forehead
”Talk about thistles and stinging nettles,” hehim to-day, and all on account of a scamp of a middy such as there's a hundred tih; bit cocky and nose in air when he's in full uniform, and don't knohich is head and which is his heels, but he aren't such a very bad sort o' boy Well, what's the matter with you?”
Dirty dick screwed up his mouth as if to speak, but only stared
”Don't turn yourself into a figurehead of an old wreck sir What do you want?”
”Leave to go ashore, sir”
”Well, you're going soon as the skipper orders”
”I mean all alone by myself, sir”
”What for? There aren't a public-house for ten miles”
”Didn't mean that”
”Then what did you mean? Speak out, and don't do the double shuffle all overabout like a cat on hot bricks Now, then, why do you want to go ashore?”