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"Well," said Gaff, knitting his heavy brows, and assuming altogether a learned aspect, "it's a one that you can't make head nor tail of nohow; one as'll read a'rnost as well back'ard as for'ard, an' yet has got a smack o' somethin' mysterious in it, w'ich shows, so to speak, to what pint o' the compass your steerin' for d'ye see?"
"Noos as ever was noos as'll surprise ye, Peter." "Well?" I inquired. "Well, Peter, Black Jarge be 'took' again." "What?" I exclaimed. "Oh! I knowed 'twould come I knowed 'e couldn't last much longer. I says to Simon, day afore yesterday it were, 'Simon, I says, 'mark my words, 'e'll never last the month out no." "How did it happen, Ancient?"
Christ, I tell 'e, Christ Christ Jesus Christ. It's Him as'll smuggle us all into heaven, not your psalm-smitin', knock-me-down, ten-commandment, cussin' God. I'm grawin' very auld an' I knaw what I knaw. Your God's a devil, fisherman a graspin', cruel devil; an' them the devil saves is damned.
"That'll do; you can come down again," answered the chief mate. Then, turning to George, he said "Depend upon it, sir, there's a ship afire away over there. Well, we're steering a course as'll take us pretty close to her, if so be as there is one; and I suppose, sir, you'll feel like giving of her a overhaul, won't you?" "Most certainly," answered George earnestly.
Now I put it to you let us clear it out o' the way this very night, as far as we're concerned! Let us send the Rector such a vote of confidence from this meeting as'll show him fast enough where he stands in Upcote aye, and show others too!
'Leastways, they'll bring a road-engine, Perley says, as'll make short work o' them gates. And folks do say as they might even bring a tank along; you know, sir, as there's plenty of 'em, and not fur off. She nodded mysteriously towards a quarter, never mentioned in the neighbourhood, where these Behemoths of war had a training-ground. 'And Perley and me, we can't have nowt to do wi' such things.
Now, sir, what next? for there's summat else. "'Jack, says I, 'I'll summon you for this assault. "'Yes, he says, 'and so'll I; I'll have ee afore his Worship Mr. Knox. "'Afore his Worship Mr. Knox? says I. 'And why not afore his Worship the Rev. Mr. Hull? He's the gentleman for my money a real gentleman as'll hear reason, and do justice atween man and man.
But the thinkin' paarts of en be drownded wheer his bwoy was, an' I lay theer ban't no druggister, nor doctor neither, as'll bring 'em back to en." "Look at that now!" exclaimed another man. "See who's a talkin' to Tregenza! If that ban't terrible coorious! 'Tis Billy Jago, the softy!" Billy was indeed addressing Gray Michael and getting an answer to his remarks.
Next time p'r'aps you'll think a bit who it's going to be as'll get the benefit of your payings out." Dicky made him shake hands, and Oswald did the same. Then we had to go back to the others and tell them. It was hard. But it was ginger-ale and seed-cake compared to having to tell Father, which was what it came to in the end.
Yer Society, capting, has saved me an' Tottie fro' starvation, an' so I've come for to give ye back the money ye sent me by Mr Stuart, for there's many a poor widder as'll need it more nor I do." So saying, she placed the money on the table, and I thanked her heartily, adding that I was glad to be able to congratulate her on her recent good fortune.
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