S.—No, sir.
P.—If I didd’t, I intended to.
S.—That may be. Spell sloop?
P.—Slupe.
S.—No.
P.—That’s the way old Captain Tallman spelt it, when I was a boy.
S.—It is spelt sloop in these days.
P.—Ah, yes, that’s correct, I remember.
S.—Spell dough?
P.—Doe.