"I say, Dogvane, do rouse out Mr De Walden—I know he is regularly done up, but it is his watch, and unless he is on deck at muster, he will be sure to catch it, and I should be sorry that he did."
"Why, master corporal," responded the quartermaster, "you might have put yourself to the trouble of coming down yourself and awakening Mr De Walden, and so you would have been under no obligation to nobody; but I won't grudge the trouble, so I will do it for you."
"Hillo," we immediately heard old Dograne sing out, "on deck, there."
"What do you want?" replied Corporal Lennox.
"Oh, nothing, but Mr De Walden is not here."
"Never mind then, old fellow," said Lennox, "he is in the cabin, I suppose."
Here little Binnacle struck in—"Why, Lennox, what are you bothering about; did I not desire you to call Mr De Walden?"
"You did sir, but he is not below, unless he be in the cabin."
"Well, did you ask the captain's steward if he was there or not?"
"No, sir."