"A MAP"
Part V
Davies' boats
Aubrey Carpenter had dealt the acquiring of some boats with Dan Davies. That same morning Miss Keychain was selected to take Carpenter to the boats, and Gus went with them.(Haven noises ...)FISHER near barrels, singing "My young love said to meee ... / My mother won't mind
"And my father won't slight ye / for your lack of kine ..."
MISS KEY Excuse me Yuyopac ... We have customers. Move on, aye?
YUYOPAC Oh, well, hmph
grbls ...
MISS KEY You may come, mr. Carpenter sir, please ...
MISS KEY Here are your boats, sir!
CARPENTER Where? I can't spot them at the horizon! ...
MISS KEY Well, then, ay ... Perhaps you should look a bit lower, sir ...
CARPENTER Eh??!
CARPENTER Do you call these "boats"??! You've got to be kidding me!!!
MISS KEY Ay ... does he call them anything else? Well sir ... They float ... I think--
CARPENTER It's OUTRAGEOUS!!! I didn't pay THAT amount of money for
longboats! And small ones! I expected sails, not oars!
MISS KEY Uhm ... perhaps that COULD be arranged ... A pair of masts, then, might as well be customized--
BLACK PHIL What's going on, Tareja? ...
MISS KEY Never mind, Phil. We're all right, here.
PEGLEG DONALD They seem to be all right, all right, aye, Yuyo? Ar, ar! ...PHIL Hm??!
FISHERMEN (whistles) ...
CARPENTER I don't think I quite agree, Miss Keychain! I think I'll need to have a little chat with your boss! I'm done with it!
MISS KEY Aw, come on, Aubrey--
CARPENTER If you excuse me! /
tump, tump, tump, tap, tap, tap, tap ...MISS KEY Why is he so annoyed? ...
GUS I don't know ... These are even quite nice boats, to me ...
MISS KEY Mr. Carpenter, come on! ... Perhaps there's a way of--
GUS Hopah! ...
MISS KEY--
fixing this situation! ...GUS Nice!
Frenam speaks:
Carpenter, though, doesn't seem to agree. So, he decided to search for Davies, and convince him that he didn't think that situation had been completely fair ... But then, he found out that Dan Davies had possibly been dealing with his arch-enemy! This made him even angrier.MISS KEY Mr. Carpenter, please! ...