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The sea was the thing that beat all "the great sea perfect as a flower," the sight of it was a stab. There are great four-masted barques and full-rigged ships lying at the wharfs and outside double t'gallant yarders, my boy; I yelled at them by way of greeting down across the tree-tops. Nearer in lies a long black steamer, a transport. She is an ugly looking old tub, but in my eyes perfect.
On the preceding occasion, one or two of the Bleeding Heart Yarders had obsequiously picked it up and handed it to its owner; but Mr Pancks had now so far impressed his audience, that the Patriarch had to turn and stoop for it himself.
"I wouldn't have the Scotland Yarders know it for the world," he cried, dropping into his chair; "I have chaffed them so much that they would never have let me hear the end of it. I can afford to laugh, because I know that I will be even with them in the long run." "What is it then?" I asked. "Oh, I don't mind telling a story against myself.
And, considering that the hour-glass they turned from year to year was filled with the earthiest and coarsest sand, the Bleeding Heart Yarders had reason enough for objecting to be despoiled of the one little golden grain of poetry that sparkled in it. Down in to the Yard, by way of the steps, came Daniel Doyce, Mr Meagles, and Clennam.
Occasionally the patents, which have been long out of use, went wrong, and the sail could neither be got up nor down, but this never happens when proper care is used with the double topsail yarders. With these a vessel may be put under close-reefed topsails in a few seconds. In due course the cargo of the little brig was discharged and the ballast was brought alongside.
"Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties. There will be some fun over this case if they are both put upon the scent."
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