Ehen she has the will to shake hersel', she can put more weight on a rope then the balance av the crew.

An' there's not a cook in the gay city of Paris that equal her.

Me business is tradin' and wreckin.' Mr.C.

tould me that ye had submarine armour an' some improved dredgin' appyratus.
Now Oi know where both will be useful to ye an' to me.

There's many a wreck that Oi know, that's out av me reach wid the appliances Oi have.
Wid your appyratus we can get treasure in abundance." His stories of wrecks and treasures were of deep interest to Paul.
Gladly would he have joined the captain, but his father owned the submarine armour and apparatus and he felt that he ought to consult him first.