"If I might be so bold, I would jist suggest that we should go down below.

How is the dead man ?" "He isn't dead yet," replied Bob, laughing.

"But he is sleeping still.

I hope you have brought something good for him." "Good, is it?
There's a tin of soup, and another of salmon, besides a piece of seal, that Leeks shot while we were away.
"Then there is a bottle of wine--that's for yerselves and the sick man--and half a bottle of good rum, which I hope I may have my share in.
"Faith, there is enough to make us as merry and comfortable as if we were waking the dead man below there.".