“‘Why,’ says Jim, ‘he said a bad word again’ the name o’ ’Lizabeth.’
“‘Never done nothin’ o’ the kind,’ says Arch. ‘I was jus’ ’bidin’ here amidships lookin’ at the weather.’
“‘Yes, you did, Arch,’ says Jim; ‘you done it in the forecastle—las’ Wednesday. I heared you as I come down the ladder.’
“‘Don’t you knock me down again,’ says Arch. ‘That hurt!’
“‘Well,’ says Jim, ‘you keep your tongue off poor ’Lizabeth.’
“YOU KEEP YOUR TONGUE OFF POOR ’LIZABETH”