“And you're mate of the Merry Anne, sailing out of Lakeville?”
“You're wrong there.”
“No, I'm sure of it. I've seen you too many times.”
“Why, do you b'long out there?”
“Yes, I live at Lakeville.”
“Well, look here; I 'll tell you how it is. I was on the Merry Anne, but I ain't any more.”
“Oh, you quit Smiley?”
“You're right, I quit him. No more Smiley for me.”
“What's the trouble?”
“What ain't the trouble, you'd better say. But I ain't tellin'. Smiley's done me dirt, an' I know 'im for just what he is, but I ain't tellin'.”