"It is—it is," said Wad, almost dancing with joy as the other displayed the missing article; "and where got ye it?"
"Lying at the close-head."
"Say you so? Could I have dropped it?"
"You know best."
"My deck was overstown wi' usquebaugh—donnart deil that I am, it must have been so!"
"This letter is of value then??
"I would rather lose my starboard fin than it."
"Then it is well worth a crown."
"To those wha hae crowns to spare," said the gunner.
Borthwick took a firmer grasp of the packet.