This is the captain of the boat titanic and one of the richest passengers.  The rich passenger James is asking the captain if there are enough life boats on the ship in case it sinks.  before this James was talking to his fiance Rose who said that when she looked on the boat and counted the number of life rafts there wasnt enough so James went to the captain to see if this was true.  The captain is kind of nervous because he didnt think that anyone on the ship would notice the disparity and James is kind of fearful even though the ship is said to be unsinkable.  he wonders why there would even be life rafts if the ship is said to be unsinkable. After James talks to the captain he will go on the ship with no fear because he believes that the titanic is unsinkable.
