"Ah tiens! you are the latest bird."
"At your service, monsieur."
"Come with me, and I'll get you a hammock and show you where to sling it."
And as he was getting it for me, I asked him the name of the ship and where she was going.
"The Joséphine, 40-gun frigate, bound for the West Indies."
Then I proffered my request—
"Can you procure me an interview with the captain, monsieur?"
"What for?"
"I have some information to give him—information of importance."
"You can give it to me."