aptain, the first lieutenant, Mr Jolliffe, the one-eyed
master's mate, and Mephistopheles, the black, who, having heard that
Jack had uttered such sentiments, loved him with all his heart and soul.

We have referred to the second lieutenant, Mr Asper. This young man
had a very high respect for birth, and particularly for money, of which
he had very little. He was the son of an eminent merchant who, during
the time that he was a midshipman, had allowed him a much larger sum for
his expenses than was necessary or proper; and, during his career, he
found that his full pocket procured him consequence, not only among his
own messmates, but also with many of the officers of the ships that he
sailed in. A man who is able and willing to pay a large tavern bill
will always find followers--that is, to the tavern; and lieutenants did
not disdain to dine, walk arm in arm, and be "hail fellow well met" with
a midshipman, at whose expense they lived during the time they were on
shore. Mr Asper had just received his commission and appointment, when
his father became a bankrupt, and the fountain was dried up from which
he had drawn such liberal supplies. Since that, Mr Asper had felt that
his consequence was gone: he could no longer talk about the service
being a bore, or that he should give it up; he could no longer obtain
that deference paid to his purse, and not to himself; and he had
contracted very expensive habits, without having any longer the means of
gratifying them. It was therefore no wonder that he imbibed a great
respect for money; and, as he could no longer find the means himself, he
was glad to pick up anybody else at whose cost he could indulge in that
extravagance and expense to which he had been so long accustomed, and
still sighed for. Now, Mr Asper knew that our hero was well supplied
with money, as he had obtained from the waiter the amount of the bill
paid at the Fountain, and he had been waiting for Jack's appearance on
deck to become his very dearest and most intimate friend. The
conversation in the cabin made him feel assured that Jack would require
and be grateful for support, and he had taken the opportunity of a walk
with Mr Sawbridge, to offer to take Jack in his watch. Whether it was
that Mr Sawbridge saw through the design of Mr Asper, or whether he
imagined that our hero would be better pleased with him than with the
master, considering his harshness of deportment; or with himself, who
could not,