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Updated: May 24, 2025

That was on her trial trip. She's too deep by the head now. I told you staying that topmast would throw her out of trim." "You leave my top-hamper alone," said Judson, for the joke was beginning to pall on him. "Oh, my soul! Listen to him. Juddy's top-hamper! Keate, have you heard of the flat-iron's top-hamper? You're to leave it alone. Commodore Judson's feelings are hurt."

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three - Part 2