Right then, according to all appearances, the Comas business up-country was doing very well in the hands of the understrapper bosses.
There ain't much doubt about who it is that's coming for a social call," said the understrapper who had summoned the field director.
Nor did this well-instructed understrapper omit those other parts of her cue which the principal judged necessary for the furtherance of his scheme.
Fraught with this intelligence, the rancorous understrapper hied her home to the jeweller's wife, and made a faithful recital of what she had seen, communicating at the same time her own conjectures on that subject.
The senior understrapperknew that Melmotte would have asked for 'his Secretary,' and not for Mr Grendall, but for the rumours.
They should have captured the understrapper early in the day.
Then they call the First Lieutenant a pirate, and he, poor lamb, says that he was misled by the chuckle-headed understrapper who brought the stuff alongside.
But the understrapper gets particular beans because a great part of his stuff was meant for another ship, and she is very angry about it.
And when the stuff comes alongside in charge of a slow-minded understrapper they do attend to it.
Them is only one white man, a third assistant understrapper and ex-sailor--a common sailor.
I suppose you've received information, by bush-telegraph, that that third assistant understrapper and ex-sailorman at Tulagi is going to deport me as an undesirable immigrant.
