“And your parents are both dead?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You have no other relatives?”
“No, sir;” and Will looked wonderingly at the speaker, who now ceased, and sat nursing one leg over the other.
“Should you like to be master of a boat of your own?”
“Ye–es, sir,” said Will slowly.
“You are very fond of the sea?”
“I like the sea, sir.”
“And would like to grow up and be a fisherman?”
Will shook his head.