Are you ecomomizing, Captain ?" Captain Elisha laughed and rubbed his knee.
"No," he chuckled, "_I_ ain't, but my nephew and niece are.

These are their rooms." "Oh, you're visiting ?" "No, I don't know's you'd call it visitin'.

I don't know what you would call it.

I'm here, that's about all you can say." He paused and remained silent.

His friend was silent, also, not knowing exactly what remark to make.
"How's the novel comin' on ?" asked the captain, a minute later.
"Oh, slowly.