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He would have been a skipper and , lastly , a good shipping man if you had only managed him like a sensible father should . Now about this girl he 's in love with ? '' `` That happened about three months ago . He met her at one of those roof-garden , midnight cabaret , turkey-trot palaces in New York -- '' `` Yes , I know . I always take in the sights when I go to New York , but the last time I was at that one up near Fifty-fourth Street the noise bothered me . And the show was very poor ; in fact , after seeing it I made up my mind I was off cabaret stuff for keeps . '' `` You ancient scalawag !