"Very well," returned my companion.  "You had better go down to Port Royal with me in the morning, and bring your log-books ashore for me to look at.  I have a scheme in my head for employing you, but I am not at all sure whether you are fit to undertake a duty of so exceedingly responsible a character as that which I have in my mind; although I don't hesitate to tell you, youngster, that Captain Vavassour gave you a most excellent character in every respect.  What sort of a navigator are you?  I suppose, like most other young gentlemen, you can fudge a day's work well enough to pass muster, eh?"