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He turned his wild eyes upon Barkins, whose aspect was ludicrous enough to make him forget his own sensations, and he smiled a peculiarly saddened, pensive smile; for our messmate was leaning towards Ching. "Don't eat any more of that," he said faintly. "Eat um all up; velly good." "Can one get a drop of brandy here?" "Dlop blandy? No. Velly nicee 'lack." "What's 'lack?"
He had taken what seemed to be a pocket-book from his breast and laid it open, and as I looked on, feeling sick myself, I saw him really put in three or four stitches, and then strap up and bandage the wound, just as Barkins came to and looked about wonderingly. "I didn't faint, did I?" he said anxiously. The doctor laughed. "There, lie down in your berth," he said. "Let me help you."
He was right as to the people coming, for in twos and threes, as they finished the refreshment of which they had been partaking, first one path was filled and then another, the people coming slowly up and stopping to listen, while Barkins stared at them in blank astonishment. "Here Nat Poet," he whispered, "look at 'em." "I am looking," I said. "Isn't it just like a picture?"
We've come to something at last, Mr Herrick." "Think so, sir?" I said respectfully. "Sure of it, my lad;" and he walked off to join the captain, while just then Ching came up softly and pointed forward. "Big ship," he said. "Pilate; all afire." "Think so?" Ching nodded. "Hallo, Gnat, what does the first luff say?" asked Barkins, who joined us then.
"Oh, all right," he cried, and he held out his hand and shook mine, brightening up the next moment, and looking as pleased as if he had just got a great trouble off his mind. "You needn't be in such a jolly hurry to forgive him," said Smith in a remonstrant tone; "he has been a cheeky little beggar, and deserved all he got." "But it isn't nice to be wigged, all the same," said Barkins sharply.
I took down my telescope, adjusted it for him, and pushed his seat nearer to the open window, so that he could examine the bright-looking city, with the blue plum-bloom tinted mountains behind covered with dense forest, and at the shipping of all nations lying at the mouth of the river. "S'pose that tower's made of crockery, isn't it?" said Barkins, whose eye was at the end of the telescope.
We looked at each other dolefully. "Yes, let's get away," I said. "I thought we were coming out for a jolly day." Barkins shuddered and now stood up. "Yes," he said; "I hope the skipper liked it. Can you see him now?" "Skipper? Cap'n?" said Ching, whose ears were always sharp enough to catch our words. "Gone along, Mr Leardon. Make gland plocession all away back to palace.
I daresay he was a man who had something the matter with him and couldn't sleep. I hate it." "Pooh!" cried Barkins, laughing. "You haven't got used to it yet, old chap. It's an acquired taste. After a bit you won't care a dump for a regular night's rest, but'll want to get up and take your turn. Won't he, Gnat?" I laughed. "I haven't got the right taste yet," I said.
I said, rolling out of the berth, with my head feeling all confused and strange, to stare at Barkins. "Why, everything. You never saw such a miserable old rag-bag of a ship in your life." I hurriedly dressed and went on deck, to find the preparations complete, and I could not help thinking that, if the pirates mistook the Teaser for a man-of-war now, they must be clever indeed.
I remember how I offended him at the time by saying "Well, that will be quite as soon as you want them." "Look here," said Smith rather haughtily, after a look at Barkins; "we've been talking this business over, and it is time it was stopped." "What do you mean?" I said. "Oh, you know well enough.
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