"Honorable sir, may I address you while you eat?" inquired the little brown man.
"Why not?" asked Farnum, good-humoredly. "Take a chair, won't you,
Mr.—"
"Kamanako is my name, honorable sir," replied the Japanese, with three more bows.
"Take a seat, won't you, Mr. Kamanako?" Mr. Farnum invited him again.
"It is much better, honorable sir, that I stand."
"Why?"
"Because I am servant."
"Not here, surely," replied the shipbuilder. "All the waiters here are negroes."
"Not all in kitchen, honorable sir," responded the Japanese, with an air of great deference. "Some in kitchen are Japanese."
"Are you employed in the kitchen, Mr. Kamanako?" asked the shipbuilder.