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"I don't believe there's any danger of that," retorted Darrin, with an ironical glance at Pennington's damaged-looking nose. "Confound you, sir," hissed the other midshipman, "don't you dare to be insolent with me." "Why, I had thought," observed Dave, "that, of your own choice, the period of courtesies between us had passed." "I shall call you out, Mr. Darrin!"
She was an old, damaged-looking craft, with a high poop and top-gallant forecastle, and sawed off square, stem and stern, like a true English "tea-wagon," and with a run like a sugar-box. She had studding-sails out alow and aloft, with a light but steady breeze, and her captain said he could not get more than four knots out of her and thought he should have a long passage.
She was an old, damaged-looking craft, with a high poop and top-gallant forecastle, and sawed off square, stem and stern, like a true English ``tea-wagon, and with a run like a sugar-box. She had studding-sails out alow and aloft, with a light but steady breeze, and her captain said he could not get more than four knots out of her, and thought he should have a long passage.
There's hope for Ireland after all! Shall I sing it for you, old fellow? Not that you deserve it. English corruption has damped the little Irish ardour that old rebellion once kindled in your heart; and if you could get rid of your brogue, you're ready to be loyal. You shall hear it, however, all the same. And taking up a very damaged-looking guitar, he struck a few bold chords, and began:
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