"He did not play you false."
"What then...?"
"It was his watch."
"His watch?"
"Yes, I put his watch on an hour."
"How?"
"The only way in which one can put a watch on, by turning the winder. We were sitting together chatting and I told him things that interested him.... By Jove, he noticed nothing!"
"Well done; well done! It's a good trick and I must remember it. But what about the cabin clock?"
"Oh, the clock was more difficult, for my legs were bound: but the sailor who was put in charge of me whenever the captain went on deck kindly consented to give the hands a push."
"The sailor? Nonsense! Do you mean to say, he consented...?"