"We ought to ha' give him a tow, but I wanted to tell ye first." They were close to the schooner now, the other boats a little behind them.
"You needn't heave in the dories till after dinner," said Troop from the deck.

"We'll dress daown right off.

Fix table, boys!" "Deeper'n the Whale-deep," said Dan, with a wink, as he set the gear for dressing down.

"Look at them boats that hev edged up sence mornin'.
They're all waitin' on Dad.

See 'em, Harve ?" "They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold.
"They ain't, though.