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Then as we pressed on under the bowsprit, I looked up at the bob-stay and the rigging about that spritsail where I had climbed; and we began to go back on the other side, to find the hull intact, and no sign of damage, but here the side was decidedly warm. Then on to the stern and under the first window, where a rope was still hanging out. "Will you go first, Dale, or shall I?" said Mr Brymer.
I was so astounded that I could not speak, only listen, as Dumlow shouted "I say, what cheer you, my lad?" And Mr Brymer "Walters! Why, my lad, what are you doing there?" "Help!" groaned my old messmate with a piteous look up at us; "half-smothered water help!" "Well, mutineer or middy," said Mr Brymer, "there's nothing to fear from you.
"Yes, get a lantern," said Mr Brymer; "stop, I'll come with you and stay with Mr Preddle and Dumlow; we mustn't have the scoundrels break loose. Ha! What's that?" The mate asked the question, but we all knew what it was, and started forward at once, for it was the report of a pistol, plainly heard in a lulling of the wind.
But we did not wish to safely reach land in that way, and the exaltation in Mr Brymer's face and tone was due to the power which Jarette had unwittingly placed in our leader's hands. "He never thought of it; he could not have thought of it," said Mr Brymer.
It was all so beautiful, to watch point after point gliding about lower and lower till all was jet black, that I had forgotten everything, heard nothing, till all at once just behind me I heard Mr Brymer say "Of course it is very unpleasant for me. I'm afraid the men will not stand much more of it. Do you think he is going mad?" There was a pause for a few moments, and then Mr Frewen said
Twice over, when Mr Brymer came with one or other of the men, Mr Denning expressed a wish to be relieved, and I had to take his arm and help him along under the shelter of the bulwarks to the saloon and the cabin where his sister was waiting anxiously for news, and as we struggled aft, he talked to me as freely as if I had been his brother.
The captain saw us, and came to meet him along with Mr Brymer, the first mate, and both shook hands warmly. "Glad, to see you on deck, sir. There, you've got over your bit of trouble. It was rather a rough beginning." "Yes, and of course I'm not much used to the sea, Captain Berriman," said Mr Preddle, as he walked on by his side with legs rather widely apart, I following behind with Mr Brymer.
"But that is not the point, doctor," said the captain, in a feeble voice; "those scoundrels are certain to make a desperate effort to break out before many hours have passed, and if they do, I fear that you gentlemen will be too humane to back up Mr Brymer and the men." "But " began Mr Preddle. "Pray understand, gentlemen, that I do not doubt your courage," said the captain.
"As fast as we could," said Mr Brymer, and I threw open the door. "Below there, matey!" cried Bob Hampton. "How are you?" There was a curious growling noise and a loud rap on the cabin-floor. "Easy, my lad, and I'll cast you off. Wait till I get hold of the knots. Frenchy's under hatches, and things is all right again."
"He'll be up by the wheel," Mr Brymer whispered. "We must tackle him there; and once get him down, we can beat back the others. I'll make sure for you."
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