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'Ah, your reverence, you're going to say that I shouldn't have given the child to her, and I wouldn't if I hadn't trod on a stone and fallen against the wall, and got afeard the child might be hurt. 'Well, well, said Father Oliver, 'you see there's no child 'But you'll be waitin' a minute for the sake of the poor child, your reverence? Patsy will be comin' back in a minute. On that Mrs.
"Do what is to be done at once, and then lie by, is the sailor's rule, deacon," rejoined the mariner. "Squalls, and gusts, and reefin', and brailin' up, and haulin' down, won't wait for the seaman's leisure. His work must be done at once, or it will not be done at all. I'm not afeard of the doctor; so let him come as soon as he pleases. Medicine can't hurt a body, if he don't take it."
At last we all parted, but within a quarter of an hour after they were gone, and my wife and I were talking about buying of a fine scallop which is brought her this morning by a woman to be sold, which is to cost her 45s., in comes the German back again, all in a goare of blood, which I wondered at, and tells me that he is afeard that the Captain is killed by the watermen at Towre Stayres; so I presently went thither, and found that upon some rude pressing of the watermen to ply the Captain, he struck one of them with his cane, which they would not take, but struck him again, and then the German drew his sword and ran at one of them, but they were both soundly beaten.
"Ah, by God," says the Commander that spoke of it, "that is it that they are afeard of, that you would hug them," meaning that he would not endure them. Another thing he told me, how the Duke of York did give Sir G. Carteret and the Island his profits as Admirall, and other things, toward the building of a pier there. But it was never laid out, nor like to be.
And what follows? why, white-livered jawings, and this man afeard to go here, and that man afeard to go there, and the Old One amongst 'em, so that half of 'em says, 'We was took false, and the other half, 'Why not 'bout ship and home again? No, and you ain't done with it, not by a long day, and you won't have done with it until you drop anchor in Yankee-land, if ever you do drop anchor there, which I take leave to give no word upon."
Co come here, now, Frank, till I me measure the small o' my leg ag aginst yours; or if if that makes you afeard, I'll measure the the ball of my leg aginst the ball of yours. There's a wrist, Frank; look at that? jist look at it." "I see it; it is a powerful wrist." "But feel it." "Tut, Art, sure I see it." "D n it, man, jist feel it feel the breadth of of that bone.
"It is," said I, "though we generally realize it all too late." As for George, he went on smoking. "When you are young," pursued the Ancient, "you eats well, an' enjys it, you sleeps well an' enjys it; your legs is strong, your arms is strong, an' you bean't afeard o' nothin' nor nobody.
When he's out, let the priest walk in, and do the matter quietly that way." "Well, I thought of that myself, my lord; but he's as wary as a weazel, and I'm afeard he smells something in the wind. There's that blackguard Moylan, too, he'd be telling Barry and would, when he came to find things weren't to be settled as he intended."
Yes I shall do myself harm I feel it coming on!" "Get back home, and slip on your breeches, and come to wark like a man! If ye go not, you'll ha'e your death standing there!" "I'm afeard I mustn't! Mr. Henchard said " "I don't care what Mr. Henchard said, nor anybody else! 'Tis simple foolishness to do this. Go and dress yourself instantly Whittle."
"Come what will," she said to her own heart; "we ought to return good for evil; an' there's no use in knowing what is right, unless we strive to put it in practice. At any rate, poor girl poor, generous Sarah, I'm afeard that you're never likely to do harm to me, or any one else, in this world. May God, in his mercy, pity and relieve you and restore you wanst more to health!"
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