"What do you mean by eavesdropping at my cabin window?"
"Oh, was that your window?"
"It was and it is. And unless you can offer a satisfactory explanation, something will have to be done. That is one of the things that I shall not tolerate. I can scarcely believe you guilty of such a disgraceful act. Unfortunately, you have admitted it."
"Admitted what?"
"That you were listening at my window."
"I never said anything of the sort."
"No, not in so many words; but when I asked you what you meant by doing so, you answered, 'Oh, was that your window?'"
"Certainly I said it."
"Then will you kindly explain why?"
"I wasn't listening at your window. I wasn't within half a block—half a boat, I mean—of it. What do you think I am?"