"Deck hand."
"What boat did he work on last?"
"Last? How do I know? He went away one year and didn't come back? I suppose he was drowned from a boat."
"What year was that?"
"I was little then; I do not know."
"How old were you?"
"Maybe eight years; maybe nine or ten."
"How old are you now?"
"Thirty, maybe."
"Did you ever hear of Benjamin Corvet?"