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"I'll splice this here rope for the lad, for if he's not quite up to it, he knows how to use his cutlass, at any rate. If it hadn't been for him, our commander would be among those poor fellows who have lost the number of their mess in this here fight." "Belay the slack of your jaw, fellow!" exclaimed Voules, turning away.
Captain Elisha bolted for the parlor, the sufferer firing a gatling fusillade of blessings after him. Mrs. Moriarty continued the bombardment, as she escorted him to the door of the flat. "There! there!" protested the captain. "Just belay! cut it short, there's a good woman! I'll admit I'm a saint and would wear a halo instead of a hat if 'twa'n't so unfashionable. Good day.
Never should have known anything about it, if the man at the wheel had not found his jacket wet, and the men below had a round turn in all the clews of their hammocks." "After that round turn, you may belay," cried young Tom, laughing. "Yes, but don't let's have a stopper over all, Tom," replied his father. "I consider all this excessively divarting.
When did ever a gentleman o' fortune show his stern to that much dollars for a boozy old seaman with a blue mug and him dead, too?" But there was no sign of reawakening courage in his followers; rather, indeed, of growing terror at the irreverence of his words. "Belay there, John!" said Merry. "Don't you cross a sperrit." And the rest were all too terrified to reply.
The boatswain, meantime, was uttering his war shouts, issuing orders to the men, and dealing death and wounds around. "Old England for ever I hoist the fore-staysail. Back, ye Johnny Crapeaus! Back, ye French scarecrows! Haul away, my lads, and belay all that. Hurra! we've gained the day!"
The rocking, and jolting, and "pitching" as our adventurers termed it, from larboard to starboard, fore and aft, and alow and aloft, soon caused Terence to sing out "belay"; and he descended into the soft sand with a much greater desire for walking than the moment before he had had for riding.
"Very well," said Williams, "stay where you are, and keep your eyes peeled; we must try the lee side of the island, that's all. Lay aft here, my lads, and man the lee braces. Down with your helm, there, you sir, and let her come by the wind. Brace sharp up, my bullies; we mustn't leave the hooker's bones on yon island if we can help it. Well, there! belay all!
I never saw a Man who was manifestly so Drunk speak so sensibly, and behave himself in such a proper manner in my life. As he turned on his heel to leave the parlour where all this took place, I saw one of the Bailiffs rise stealthily as if to follow us. "Belay there!" the Captain cried, advancing his mahogany paw in a warning manner. "Hold hard, shipmates.
To this elegant adjuration Walford began to stammer out an exculpatory explanation, which, however, was abruptly nipped in the bud by the boatswain's mate exclaiming "There, belay all that and coil up the slack of your jawing-tackle; there's no time to talk now; tail on there and try to make yourself useful.
He stood with it over his left shoulder and extended his arms before him, one pointing somewhat to the right, the other to the left. "The right hand is the right way," he cried, "but the left we'll never leave." We stared at the man and wondered if he were mad. "No," he said, smiling at our puzzled glances, "we'll never leave the left." "Belay that talk," said one of the men sharply.
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