CARVER
Oh, too bad, too bad! How long?
JONES
What with finding the proper timbers ashore, and hewing them to fit our needs, I fear it may well be two months or more before we can leave these waters.
CARVER
Surely you can make what repairs are necessary in less time—you need not rebuild the ship.
JONES
Nay—but the ship is sprung at every seam; 'tis nothing but good fortune that has kept it afloat so long.
CARVER
The seams sprung?