"Hold on, Jim! Don't you go off ha'f cocked.

When I said 'twas my business to realize this thing, I meant just that and nothin' more.

I wa'n't hintin', and you ought to know it.
You do know it, don't you ?" The young man paused.

"Yes," he answered, after an instant's struggle with his feelings; "yes, I do.

I beg your pardon, Captain." "All right.