"Ha! ha! ha!"
"I never fought in my life; I always run when any body tried to lick me, ever since I was a little boy."
"Well, I thought so, John. You can turn in again, and snooze till daylight."
"What, aint there no pirates on board us?"
"Not a one, ha! ha! ha! I only wanted to see how brave a fellow you were, so turn in."
"Thunder and lightning! Dick," said John, picking up the cutlas and brandishing it heroically, "you don't think I 'm afraid of pirates do you?"
"O! no, not a bit of it."
"Of course I aint."
"I don't think you are—I only know you are."
"Well now, you see, Dick, taint our business to fight 'em if they was here; this ship belongs to the 'Mericans, and we haint got to fight for them, it's their own look out."