“Captain, on my life I am telling the truth.”
“We will see.”
The captain lay down and the mate after awhile lay down also, when suddenly, as it appeared, the mate called for help. The captain leaped from his berth and sprang beside the mate but the latter was wide awake.
“There, captain, you did it again.”
The captain laughed, and said: “It’s just as I told you—it was you who groaned and called.”
“I’ll swear I didn’t. I have not been asleep.”
“You haven’t?”
“No.”
“Neither have I, and I just lay low and watched.”
“So did I.”