"Thinkin' it over," said he, "I ain't such a bad-lookin' cove, am I?"
"It's haird tae say," answered the engineer slowly. "Wi' a few alterations an' repairs, some women micht regaird ye as an Adonis."
"Never met the bloke. But," went on the second-mate, trying to pin the other down to a definite statement, "you wouldn't say I was hideous, would you?"
Again McPhulach regarded him critically before venturing an opinion.
"It's haird tae say," he replied at last.
"Oh hang!" ejaculated Smith in disgust. "Still," he went on, "I'm blowed if I don't have a try."
"Eh?"
"She might do worse."
"D'ye mean that ye're goin' tae ax Mees Fletcher tae marry ye?"
"Why not?"