'Goddam! I asked you where are you from.'
Düsselmann at last took the trouble to answer, and shouted across in a loud voice, 'Good-morning.'
'Hell and damnation,' shouted the English captain. 'I don't want your civilities. I want to know where you come from.'
'Then, first of all, would you mind telling me who you are?' answered the mate calmly.
'I am the captain of this ship,' was the answer; 'are you the captain of the Aud?'
'No, I am the second officer.'
'Where is your captain?'
'Sh! He is asleep.'
'Well, wake him at once.'
'The devil I will! The old man would half kill me if I called him in the middle of the night,' answered Düsselmann.