I see that when you first come in . Now , here it is : What could I do , with this old timber I hobble on ? When I was an A B master mariner I 'd have come up alongside of him , hand over hand , and broached him to in a brace of old shakes , I would ; but now -- '' And then , all of a sudden , he stopped , and his jaw dropped as though he had remembered something . `` The score ! '' he burst out . `` Three goes o ' rum ! Why , shiver my timbers , if I had n't forgotten my score ! '' And falling on a bench , he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks . I could not help joining , and we laughed together , peal after peal , until the tavern rang again . `` Why , what a precious old sea-calf I am ! '' he said at last , wiping his cheeks . `` You and me should get on well , Hawkins , for I 'll take my davy I should be rated ship 's boy . But come now , stand by to go about . This wo n't do . Dooty is dooty , messmates . I 'll put on my old cockerel hat , and step along of you to Cap'n Trelawney , and report this here affair . For mind you , it 's serious , young Hawkins ; and neither you nor me 's come out of it with what I should make so bold as to call credit . Nor you neither , says you ; not smart -- none of the pair of us smart . But dash my buttons ! That was a good un about my score . ''
And he began to laugh again , and that so heartily , that though I did not XXXXX the joke as he did , I was again obliged to join him in his mirth .
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