Hylas and the Nymphs

am not afraid,' the sailor retorted, a slight angry flush rising through his sunburn. 'You do not like me because I am too much of a man, that is why, sir.' ¡¡¡¡'You are too much of a man for ship discipline, if that is what you mean, and if you know what I mean,' was Wolf Larsen's retort. ¡¡¡¡'I know English, and I know what you mean, sir,' Johnson answered, his flush deepening at the slur on his knowledge of the English language. ¡¡¡¡'Johnson,' Wolf Larsen said, with an air of dismissing all that had gone before as introductory to the main business in hand, 'I understand you're not quite satisfied with those oilskins.' ¡¡¡¡'No, I am not. They are no good, sir.' ¡¡¡¡'And you've been shooting off your mouth about them.' ¡¡¡¡'I say what I think, sir,' the sailor answered courageously, not failing at the same time in ship courtesy, which demanded that 'sir' be appended to each speech he made.