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A cry of terror broke from the tavern frequenters, but in another moment this was exchanged for others of relief and welcome, when man after man entered and proved himself to be none other than an invincible. "How, now, Leftenant Buntling?" demanded Bagby, in an attempt to regain his dignity. "What is the meaning of this return without orders?"
"Get into line, durn you!" shouted Joe; "an' I'll have something to say to you later, Zerubbabel Buntling." "O Lord!" muttered Lee to the other officers, most of whom were laughing. "And they expect us to beat regulars with such!" "Attention!" once more called Joe. "To the right face no I mean, shoulder firelocks first off. Now to the left face."
Be that as it may and no one knows how it was the Children of the King have yellow hair and blue eyes to this present time, and no one would take them for Calabrians, nor for Sicilians, still less for monkey-limbed, hang-dog mouthed, lying, lubberly Neapolitans who can neither hand, reef nor steer, nor tell you the difference between a bowline and a buntling, though you may show them a dozen times, nor indeed can do anything but steal and blaspheme and be the foulest, filthiest crew that Captain Satan ever shipped for the Long Voyage.
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