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'My lad, faltered the Captain, 'I thought as you had come over her; not as she had come over you. A man as has got such opinions as you have! Mr Bunsby merely uttered a suppressed groan. 'Come! said the Captain, nudging him with his elbow, 'now's your time! Sheer off! I'll cover your retreat. The time's a flying. Bunsby! It's for liberty. Will you once? Bunsby was immovable.
"How is all this going to end, Bunsby?" said the captain, in a low voice, turning from a vain search for some sail; in sight, and addressing his subordinate. "I am afraid there is only one way," answered Bunsby. "There is not much prospect of our meeting a ship." "And, if we do, it is doubtful if we can attract their attention." "I should like the chance to try."
We have, therefore, four days before us, that is ninety-six hours; and in that time, if we had good luck and a southwest wind, and the sea was calm, we could make those eight hundred miles to Shanghai." "And you could go " "In an hour. As soon as provisions could be got aboard and the sails put up." "It is a bargain. Are you the master of the boat?" "Yes, John Bunsby, master of the Tankadere."
It was difficult, however, to be sure of this; the Commander having no trace of expression in his face when sober. 'Cuttle, said the Commander, getting off the chest, and opening the lid, 'are these here your traps? Captain Cuttle looked in and identified his property. 'Done pretty taut and trim, hey, shipmet? said Bunsby.
"Well, we are going to have a squall." "Is the wind north or south?" asked Mr. Fogg quietly. "South. Look! A typhoon is coming up." "Glad it's a typhoon from the south, for it will carry us forward." "Oh, if you take it that way," said John Bunsby, "I've nothing more to say." John Bunsby's suspicions were confirmed.
He says, in effect, in this packet that you gave me, taking the paper from his pocket, which had been opened in the presence of the enlightened Bunsby, 'that if you never hear from him before opening it, you may believe him dead. Heaven forbid! But you would have heard of him, even if he were dead!
This, indeed, was apparent to the mere populace, who expressed their perception of the fact by jeers and cries; to all of which, the dread MacStinger was inflexibly indifferent, while Bunsby himself appeared in a state of unconsciousness.
Now, what is your opinion, Bunsby, as to stowing of these here papers away again, and marking outside as they was opened, such a day, in the presence of John Bunsby and Ed'ard Cuttle?
'Shipmate, said Bunsby, all of a sudden, and stooping down to look out under some interposing spar, 'what'll the ladies drink?
In this difficulty, he hailed one day with unusual delight the announcement in the Shipping Intelligence of the arrival of the Cautious Clara, Captain John Bunsby, from a coasting voyage; and to that philosopher immediately dispatched a letter by post, enjoining inviolable secrecy as to his place of residence, and requesting to be favoured with an early visit, in the evening season.
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