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`` Ah ! you reminds me of the owld proverb that says somethin' about asses gittin impudent an ' becomin ' free with their heels when lions grow sick . '' `` Well , Jerry , '' retorted Jack , with a smile , as he leaned back and regarded his work with his head very much on one side , and his eyes partially closed , after the manner of knights of the brush , `` I 'm not offended , because I 'm just as much of an ass as you are of a lion . '' `` I say , mates , '' remarked Dick Moy , pausing in his work , and wiping his brow , `` are ` ee aweer that the cap'n has ordered us to be ready to start wi ' the first o ' the tide at half after five to-morrow ? '' `` I knows it , '' replied Jack Shales , laying down the black brush and taking up the white one . `` I knows it too , '' said Jerry MacGowl , `` but it do n't make no manner of odds to me , 'cause I means to stop ashore and enjoy meself . I mean to amoose meself with the trial o ' that black thief Morley Jones . ''