"That's what I've come for," said Dick.
"Well, now, think o' that!"
"Didn't I tell 'ee so, gaffer?" remarked one of the men.
"True, you did, and a clever seein' eye you have got, Ben."
"And I said 'a was not a common poor man," said another. "That's what I said, bean't it, Ben?"
"Iss, fay, they was yer very words."
"Well, sir," said the foreman, "seein' that these clever fellers have seed so far into ye, maybe you'll tell what's your hidden purpose in lookin' at we."
"I'm learning how to build a boat," replied Dick.
"Good now! You never thought o' that, Ben, clever as ye be, I warrant 'ee. Well, sonny—sir, I mean—I've been nigh fifty year larnin' to build a boat, and I bean't done larnin' yet."
"That's bad news, because I want to build one in a week or two."