“You come along see Ching?” he said in his high voice; and upon my nodding— “Velly glad. Doctor say stop along, velly much, not gettee up to-day.”
“But you are ever so much better?”
“Yes, quite well. Not velly wet now. Captain velly closs Ching tumb’ overboard?”
“No, he hasn’t said anything.”
“Ching velly glad. You go tell captain something?”
“What about?” I said.
“Ching get lettee flom fliend.”
“That’s right,” I said. “How is he?”
“Velly glad you catchee pilate.”