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Blagrove, if caught by a sudden and heavy squall, when under full sail, among these islands, and having but three or four minutes to strip the ship, what orders would you give?" As he had in his mind every order that Wilkinson had given on the approach of the squall, he was able to repeat them with accuracy. "You are cutting them rather short, Mr. Blagrove." "Yes, sir; but the time is very short.
I shall be glad if you and Mr. Blagrove will dine with me. It is not very regular for you both to leave the ship together, but there are no signs whatever of change of wind, and one can reckon with some certainty here upon the weather for at any rate twenty-four hours in advance. If you should see any change before you come off, or any fall in the glass, Mr. Blagrove must stay on board."
"I guessed pretty well, from what Blagrove was telling Sir Sidney when he dined with him, that Condor would meet his match, but I did not think that it was going to be a hollow thing like that." "What do you mean, sir, by skulking below?" the second lieutenant angrily asked one of the midshipmen of his watch as he returned on deck. "I just slipped below for a few minutes, sir," the lad said.
Wilkinson had by this time served his full time, and Condor having been appointed to the Theseus, Sir Sidney Smith again gave the command of the Tigress to him, with the rank of acting lieutenant, which would, he was sure, be confirmed. "I suppose you would like to have Mr. Blagrove with you?" "Certainly, sir. There is no one I would rather have."
Blagrove gave a hearty approval of the course that he had adopted, and said that a year or two at sea would give him a thorough knowledge of ships and be a considerable advantage to him in their business.
"That was an unexpected piece of luck, Blagrove," Wilkinson said when they had started.
Blagrove said at last, "and let us hear what unexpected chance has brought you home. I suppose, as you are in uniform, that you have not left the service." "Not at all, sir; I am home on three months' leave, having come home in the Suzanne, a brig belonging to yourself." "Belonging to me!" Mr. Blagrove said in astonishment. "What on earth do you mean?"
It was a gray, and, to English eyes, would have looked light and wanting in bone, and fit rather for a lady's use than for a man's, with its slender limbs and small head; but one accustomed to Arab horses, as Mr. Blagrove was, could see at once that it was of the purest strain and highest breeding. "Come with me," the sheik said to Edgar.
Hassan's troops were already in their boats, and were rowing to shore. "Run down to the landing-place, Mr. Blagrove," Sir Sidney said, "take my gig, and row out to meet the boats, and order them to come round to the port here, instead of landing at the other end of the town. There is not a moment to be lost; the Turks are losing heart."
"Why, who has he been fighting with?" The doctor laughed. "I could hardly believe it when I heard. I waylaid young Jocelyn, who was executing a war-dance of delight, and questioned him. It is your last acquisition, Blagrove." "Impossible, Doctor! There is the lad himself, without the slightest sign of having been engaged in a fight.
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