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A squadron was immediately fitted out, under the command of Commodore Decater, consisting of the Guerriere, Constellation and Macedonian frigates, the Ontario and Epervier sloops of war, and the schooners Spark, Spitfire, Torch and Flambeau.
From day to day, with the kindly permission of the volcano, I will add to it.... Bad doings by Old Spitfire. The cloud is coming down on me. Also seems to be moving along the cliff. I will retire hastily to my private estate in the cave. "That's all, except the scrawl on the last page," said Trendon. "Some action of the volcano scared him off.
One evening the colonel was especially exasperating with anecdotes of Stonewall Jackson, and details of what he said to the general and what the general said to him. "Stonewall Jackson often used to say to me, 'George' he always called me George, in just that off-hand way 'George, when we get to New York, you shall have quarters in the Astor House, and pasture your mare Spitfire in the Park."
Jackanapes could hear them as he lay in bed, and could hardly sleep for speculating what booths and whirligigs he should find fairly established, when he and his dog Spitfire went out after breakfast. As a matter of fact, he seldom had to wait long for news of the Fair. The Postman knew the window out of which Jackanapes' yellow head would come, and was ready with his report.
They rested on the doctor with recognition, then passed on to his wife, and he smiled. "Have I ... been very troublesome?" he asked. "I remember ... now ... that brute, Spitfire ... always was a brute...." The eyes grew vague again and closed, but the lips kept their faint smile. "He'll sleep a lot," said the doctor. "Much the best thing for him too.
'Does that conclusion seem very absurd to you, Miss Rayner? She looked at me with an odd kind of smile. 'I believe you could be a little spitfire if you liked, she said. 'You must remember I have lived a little longer in the world than you have.
Why, his reflections were worthy of that old spitfire, Mrs. de Courcy Vavasour. His cigar had gone out. He threw it away. It had the taste of Millicent's cheap passion. A decanter of brandy stood on the table, and he drank a small quantity, though he had imbibed freely of champagne at luncheon. He glanced at a mirror. His face was flushed and care lined, and he scowled at his own apparition.
1 His remarks on the fisheries I have wholly omitted, for they have now lost their interest. His observations on "nature and human nature" are alone retained, as they may be said to have a universal application. "I guess," said I, "Captain, the 'Spitfire' will have to put into Halifax to report herself and be surveyed, so we may pursue our course in peace.
And then again" here he moved his chair close to her own so he could get his hand on hers the easier "if Spitfire does stumble, there is the bridle to pull her up, but for this she might break her neck. That's where you come in, Kate. Harry's in your hands has been since the hour he loved you. Don't let him go headlong to the devil and he will if you turn him loose without a bridle."
In the passage, the Spitfire, Torch, Firefly and Ontario, separated different times from the squadron in gales, but all joined again at Gibraltar, with the exception of the Firefly, which sprung her masts, and put back to New York to refit.
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