It would give me nervous prostration.

I'll never step on the _Martha_ again, unless it is to take charge of her.

I'm a sailor, like my father, and he could never bear to see a vessel mishandled.

Did you see the way Kinross got under way?
It was disgraceful.

And the noise he made about it! Old Noah did better with the Ark." "But we manage to get somewhere just the same," he smiled.
"So did Noah." "That was the main thing." "For an antediluvian." She took another lingering look at the _Martha_, then turned to Sheldon.
"You are a slovenly lot down here when it comes to boats--most of you are, any way.