"But Chickworth says that is not the case. A steamer runs regularly to Algeciras, and another to Tangier, several times a week, and visitors will not many of them pay him fifty shillings a day for the steamer. Gray was his principal employer; he has gone to prison for the next two years, and he has lost his best customer."
"He made his own nest."
"He has saved his steamer, for he would certainly have lost her if he had kept on serving the smugglers. He was quite down-hearted this morning, and wished he could sell the Salihé for what she cost him, and he would return to his trade as a machinist."
"He bought her for less than half her value," added Louis.
"I am inclined to buy her out of my own pocket."
"If you can carry her, buy her, but not out of your own pocket."
"I am willing to do so. I have no use for my wages as master of the ship, for I am not a poor man."
"I know you are not, for you have lived on your income for years."
"My whole business is to make this voyage pleasant to my employers and passengers, and I don't care to make a dollar out of it."
"It would not be fair or just for you to buy her for our use."