“Forstaaer De mig?” (Do you understand me?)
“Ja, jeg forstaaer Dem meget vel.” (Yes, I understand you very well.)
“That will do,” interposed Mr. Lowington.
“He speaks Norsk very well,” added the professor.
“So do you, sir,” said Ole, with a low bow to Monsieur Badois.
“Meget vel,” laughed the professor.
“I am satisfied, Ole. Now, have you concluded to tell me how you happened to be in that boat, so far from the land.”
The waif counted the seams in the quarter-deck, but nothing could induce him to answer the question.
“I have given you a suit of clothes, and I desire to be of service to you.”
“I thank you, sir; and a good supper, the best I ever had, though I have often fished with English gentlemen, even with lords and sirs.”