“That’s what I want to know, sir?”
“Don’t you know?”
“No, sir; and that sets me a-thinking, how can he know?”
“But you’ve belonged to the ship for years.”
“Ay, sir, I jyned for the first v’y’ge.”
“And you’ve seen her loaded.”
“That’s so, sir.”
“And you don’t know where the powder magazine is?”
“Well, sir, to speak quite fair and honest, I don’t.”
“Isn’t that strange?”