'Saying it was an accident won't mend the mug.'
'I will pay for a new one,' Charlie rather unwisely replied.
'Pay for it, will you? So we have got a millionaire aboard, I suppose. I wonder you ever came to sea. Why did you? Do the police want you?'
Feeling that if he remained on the bridge he might speak his mind too freely, Charlie turned to go, but the skipper called him back.
'Come here, you ape!' he shouted. 'Do you think I am going to pick up these pieces? Gather them up and throw them overboard.'
