"In what part of the ship were you when you recovered your consciousness?" inquired Ishmael, who wished to have a clear idea of the "situation."
"In de cap'n's cabin, Marse Ishmael. And dat was de cap'n, dough I didn't know who he was, nor where I was, at de time. So I up and ax him:
"'Please, marster, if you please, sir, to tell me is I to go to hebben or t'other place?'
"'Oh! you've come to, have you?' says he, and he takes a pipe from de table and he whistles.
"And den a bad-lookin' man comes down. And says de captain to him:
"'Jack, bundle dis 'oman out'n here and put her into the steerage.'
"And de ill-lookin' man he says to me:
"'Come along, blacky!'
"And so I up and followed him to de deck, 'cause why not? What was de use o' resistin'? 'Sides which, I t'ought by going farder I might fine out more. And sure 'nough so I did! for soon as ebber I got on deck, de fuss person I see was Jim. Which soon as ebber I see him, and he see me, he run, de poor boy, and cotch me 'round de neck, and hugged and kissed me, and said says he:
"'Oh, my mammy! is dis you?'