Captain: It was the lantern done it.
Duke: When there were n't no light at all, the Royal 'Arry, she jest sniffed willainy and dropped anchor.
Patch: I was repeatin' Smash yer devil! Smash yer devil!—kinder hurryin' her on.
Darlin': I was sayin' Now I lay me—throbbin' with excitement.
Duke: It was n't ile. I put ile in the lantern meself. Captain, yer seen me put in ile.
Captain: I seen yer. And I swished it meself ter be sure.
Patch: Nothin 's been right since that ol' lady hanged me ter a gibbet.
Captain: There we was watchin'—
Patch: Pop!
Captain: And all of a sudden—quicker 'n seven devils—the bloomin' lantern went all ter pieces. It 's grog, I says. Snakes is next. It were a comfert to the ol' Captain ter know that all o' yer seen it. I seen a yeller rhinoceros once, runnin' along with purple mice—all alone I seen it—and it kinder sickened me o' rum.