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`` So this is the gratitude you offer for my kindness ? '' `` It 's a fat lot you 've ever done for me ! You 've just told me this ai n't no good . '' `` The fact of the matter is , my lawyers probably foreclosed on the real mortgage at noon to-day . '' `` Then , that lawyer feller I see wa 'n' t far off his course , after all , '' replied the Captain , laying the draft on the table . `` Now , Jim , show your hand and be damn quick afore I call your turn on the deal , '' demanded the seaman as though certain that a prior conclusion had proven correct . `` I have nothing to show at this time . ''