he made no pretense of courtesy to reverend erasmus when that gentleman came aboard a little later that morning , neglecting even a greeting , which would have offended laurence on the part of any guest , much less a man of the cloth ; but when he saw the minister 's wife left sitting in the small and poky boat which had been sent for them , with her two small children , and no offer made to rig a bosun 's chair over the side to bring them aboard , he had had enough .