slight movement of her hands, that was not very unlike wringing them; “then you are heartily welcome.”
“Thank’ee, ma’am,” said the captain, “I don’t know what it is, I am sure; that brings out the salt in me, but everybody seems to see it on the crown of my hat and the collar of my coat. Yes, ma’am, I am in that way of life.”
“And the other gentleman, too,” said Mrs. Raybrock.
“Well now, ma’am,” said the captain, glancing shrewdly at the other gentleman, “you are that nigh right, that he goes to sea — if that makes him a sailor. This is my steward, ma’am, Tom Pettifer; he’s been a’most all trades you could name, in the course of his Dame life — would have bought all your chairs and tables once, if Adidas NEO 10K you had wished to sell ’em — but now he’s my steward. My name’s Jorgan, and I’m a Barn ship-owner, and I sail my own and my partners’ ships, and have done so this five-and-twenty year. According to custom I am called Captain Jorgan, but I am no more a captain, bless your heart, than you are.”
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