"I think you can. Say—er—Cap'n Kendrick——"
"Yes, George."
"You see, I.... This sounds awfully foolish, but—but I don't know what I ought to do."
"Um-hm. Well, a good many of us get that way every once in a while."
"Do you?"
"You bet!"
"Humph! Somehow you seem to me like a man who would know exactly what to do at any time."
"Yes? Well, my looks must belie me. Heave ahead, George. The folks are beginning to come."
"Well, I—— Oh, hang it, Cap'n, when you've made a mistake—done something that you didn't think was wrong—that wasn't wrong, really—and—and.... Say, I'm making an awful mess of this. And it's such a fool thing, anyhow."
"Um-hm. So many things are. Chuck it overboard, George; that is, if you really want to ask me about it."