“’Deed he don’t, sur. The negur’s tied hand and fut, and kep’ in the cuddy.”
“What does the owner of the house think those men are there for?”
“I don’t know, sur. Captain Bangham paid him well for the room they have, and he niver comes nigh thim at all.”
“How long were you there?”
“This morning early, I wint down with thim, sur.”
“How came you to be up in the city this noon?”
“I kem up, sur, with Captain Bangham. He wint down to the island in a boat of his own, along wid us this morning early, and stayed wid us a while, dhrinkin’ like a fish, till he got purty dhrunk. So I kem back wid him to help him manage the boat lest he’d get dhrowned, sur.”
“How came you to come up with him, and not a sailor?”
“We dhrew lots for it, sur, and I was the wan.”
“And you were going down to the island again?”