`` What ye may want , sir , is a matter of concern to nobody but yoursel ' , '' returned the captain ; `` but I can tell ye that which is to be . Here he is ; here he shall bide . '' `` Admitting that you have been paid in a proportion , '' said the other , `` I will crave leave humbly to say that I have not . Paid I am , and none too much , to be the second officer of this old tub , and you ken very well if I do my best to earn it . But I was paid for nothing more . '' `` If ye could hold back your hand from the tin-pan , Mr. Riach , I would have no complaint to make of ye , '' returned the skipper ; `` and instead of asking riddles , I make bold to say that ye would keep your breath to cool your porridge . We 'll be required on deck , '' he added , in a sharper note , and set one foot upon the ladder . But Mr. Riach caught him by the sleeve . `` Admitting that you have been paid to do a murder -- '' he began . Hoseason turned upon him with a flash . `` What 's that ? '' he cried . `` What kind of talk is that ? '' `` It seems it is the talk that you can understand , '' said Mr. Riach , looking him steadily in the face . `` Mr. Riach , I have sailed with ye three cruises , '' replied the captain . `` In all that time , sir , ye should have learned to know me : I 'm a stiff man , and a dour man ; but for what ye say the now -- fie , fie ! -- it comes from a bad heart and a black conscience . If ye say the lad will die -- '' `` Ay , will he ! '' said Mr. Riach . `` Well , sir , is not that enough ? ''
said XXXXX .
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