"No, sar! Dis chile hain't been asleep more'n two minutes—no, sar, nor more'n a minute and a half."
"Yes, you have; you have been asleep all the afternoon. You deserve to be a slave all the rest of your life!" added Dan, indignantly.
"Gossifus! I tink not. Wha—wha—wha—what does you mean by dat?" stuttered Cyd.
"How dared you go to sleep when you were on watch?"
"I tell you, Dan, I'se been wide awake all de arternoon. Hadn't been asleep quite two minutes."
"He hasn't slept long, Dan," said Lily, as she came out of the cabin; "for I was with him only a little while ago."
"I'm glad of it, if he hasn't," added Dan, more calmly.
"You kin bet yer life dis chile don't go to sleep on de watch. No, sar!"
"But you did go to sleep, Cyd. You were asleep when I came on deck."
"I jes close my eyes for a minute, but I was jes gwine to wake up when you comed on deck."