These three characters , pockets full after a long voyage , would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore ; .
The crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve characters of characters ' funds , assisted by the sailors ' own fecklessness and credulity .
These three characters , pockets full after a long voyage , would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore ; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds , assisted by the sailors ' own fecklessness and credulity .