I got him to sign articles ship-shape and proper.

Mr.Tredgold recommended him." "No, no," said that gentleman, hastily.
"I asked you before he signed on with me," said the captain, pointing a stumpy forefinger at him.

"I made a point of it, and you told me that you had never heard anything against him." "I don't call that a recommendation," said Mr.Tredgold.
"It's good enough in these days," retorted the captain, gloomily.

"A man that has got a character like that is hard to find." "He might be artful and keep his faults to himself," suggested Tredgold.
"So long as he does that, it's all right," said Captain Bowers.

"I can't find fault if there's no faults to find fault with.