“Where did you purchase it?”
“I—I, that is, I ah, hem! I didn’t buy it at all, sir.”
“Ah! a present then, I suppose, from some dear friend?”
“No.”
“You inherited it from deceased relations?”
“No.”
“Then how in the deuce did you come by it?”
“I borrowed it from a friend.”
“Ha! ha! ha!” laughed the jolly old captain, “that makes the loss a more serious one; but never mind, you shall have your watch again soon, or cash enough to satisfy your friend.”
“But suppose those suspicious individuals should try to leave the boat,” said the old gentleman with the white whiskers.