"Why didn't you see it before then?" growled Captain John.
"I told you the squall was coming half an hour ago. Why didn't you come on deck, and attend to your vessel?"
"Don't be sassy," said Captain John.
"I'm not the skipper of this craft. If I had been, that sail would have been safe. I told you the squall was coming, and after that I did the best I could."
"You ain't good for nothin' 'board a vessel. I thought you knew enough to take in sail when you saw a squall comin'."
"I should have taken in sail long ago if I had thought the captain didn't know enough to come on deck when there was a squall coming up," replied Lawry.
"I don't want nothin' more of you."
"And I don't want anything more of you," added Lawry smartly. "I've got almost home."
"What do you s'pose I'm goin' to do here, eighty mile from Whitehall, with the mainsail blowed clean out?" snarled Captain John, as he followed Lawry.
"Mind your vessel better than you have, I hope."