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Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’ ’a kill me dead.

Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’ ’a say, because he can’t speak no English.

So while we’re all distracted tryin’ ’a fix it all – that’s when they strike.