"I'd, I'd—"
"Let the gentleman go on," said the other.
"Well, the fact is, I got out, jumped overboard and capsized the boat in my struggling, and some of them, I dare say, have gone to the bottom."
"Hurrah!" shouted one of the sailors.
"Hurrah!"
"I hope you finished off the lot of the swabs."
"I don't think that. But anyhow, I'd give a trifle if I could get clear out of this place."
"I can tell you how to do it"
"You can?"
"Yes."