“Yes,” he rejoined, “that must be why they always have a pair of them,—so as to get a proper focus. Nicht wahr, Herr Capitän?”
And the little fiction was explained to the Captain, who grew more genial than ever under the stimulus of such agreeable conversation.
“Ja wohl!” he agreed, heartily; “Ja wohl!”—which was really quite an outburst of eloquence for Captain Seemann.
“If I couldn’t be captain,” Blythe announced, “I think I should choose to be lookout.”
“How is dat?” the Captain inquired.
“It must be the best place of all, away up above everything and everybody.”
“And you would like to go up dare?”
“Of course I should!”
“And you would not be afraid?”
“Not I!”