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Three weeks had elapsed, when one morning I went on deck, and saw land on both sides of me. I immediately recognised the rock of Gibraltar, and the Straits, through which I was drifting.
There we will put you ashore. Before we sail you can put in your time holystoning the deck. "The deck of the Jasper B.," said Cleggett, looking at it, "to all appearances, has not been holystoned for some years. You will find in the forecastle several holystones that have never been used, and may begin at once."
Tea being ready, Bob served it on deck; and whilst we leisurely discussed the meal, we talked over our chances of dodging our pursuer during the night.
The boys nearest the rail seized Jack and young Smith as they came on deck, and bore them in triumph to the cabin. "Bully for Jack Sheldon!" shouted Harry, and fifty boys gave him the heartiest kind of a cheer. "That's some nerve he showed," declared Arthur Warren, "but then, he always did have nerve, Jack did. If he didn't he wouldn't have done the things he has."
All the exhausts were opened wide, the compressed air hissed from the tanks the diving vents were chanting in all possible keys. I stood with my lips pressed together and stared out of the turret window upon the tossing sea, and watched for the first sign of our going down. But our deck remained still visible and we were continually lifted into the air by some wave.
Nevertheless, I think, if you could drop suddenly on our lower deck at 9 P.M. and visit unbeknown to us the two cabins, you would be rather surprised at the number of the sleepers twelve in our after-cabin, and forty-five in the larger one, which occupies two-thirds of the vessel.
Thus much I could not refrain from saying, not that I think John Bull is very often right in his controversies with ourselves, but because I think, in this case, he is; and because I believe it far safer, in the long run, for a nation, or an individual, to have justice on his side, than always to carry his point. I was soon on deck, carrying my writing-desk under my arm, Mr.
The night was very dark, and the Lion was the only ship which carried a poop-lantern, so that the parting company of the Dort was not perceived by the Admiral and the other ships of the fleet. When Philip went on deck next morning, he found that their consorts were not in sight. He looked at the compass, and, perceiving that the course was altered, inquired at what hour and by whose directions.
The foresail was then furled, not without great difficulty, and imminent hazard to the seamen, the storm staysail alone withstanding the mighty wind, which seemed to gain strength every half-hour, while the sea, in frightful sublimity, towered to an incredible height, frequently making a complete breach over our deck.
I did not like to tell Mr Randolph, for of course this would only interrupt the work in which he was engaged; but I marked well the point by the compass in which I had last seen the Nautile, that we might know where to look for her in the morning. Three hours passed away before Mr Randolph and Andrews returned on deck.
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