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Updated: June 21, 2025
When it arrives at the end of the quay, which was bedecked as for a holiday, the furtive little shadow pauses at the steps leading down to the bank. Almost immediately there are shouts and excitement all along the quay: "Quick a boat grappling-irons!" Boatmen and policemen come running from all sides. A boat puts off from the shore with a lantern in the bow.
And as to being blear-eyed, that must be caused by the simple fact that I have nothing all day long before my eyes but you, Gammer Gurton you, with your face like a full moon you, sailing through the room like a frigate, and with your grappling-irons, your hands, smashing to pieces everything except your own looking-glass."
"All aboard; look out, below!" sang out a voice. It was Fort, calling from far overhead. And then, slowly at first but with quickening speed, the iron building rose into the air; arose, and floated away like a toy balloon. It was fast in the grip of the Cobulus's grappling-irons! Norbith was the only officer left in the room. He regained his senses with lightning speed.
Bearing down on the crippled vessel at full speed, in spite of the bellowing discharge from the great gun, and a well-delivered volley of small shot, which stretched many of them on the deck, they ran straight against her, threw grappling-irons into the rigging, and sprang on board with a fierce yell. The melee that followed was sharp, but very short and decisive.
His preparations had been simple in the extreme. Four light strong grappling-irons hung downwards from the Ithuriel, two at the bow and two at the stern, by thin steel-wire rope; two similar ones hung from the starboard side of the Orion, which was on his left hand, and two from the port side of the Ariel, which was on his right hand.
Suddenly a shape sprang out of the grey mist, and the Maid of Provence struck. There was a crash of timbers as the bows of the Swallow it was she were stove in, and then a wild cry. Instantly she began to sink. The grappling-irons remained motionless on the Maid of Provence.
"And as soon as you have fired your broadside," he continued, "draw your cutlasses and stand by to board. Are the grappling-irons all ready?" "All ready, sir," came the reply from the tars who were standing by to throw them, and then there ensued a few breathless moments of intense silence.
The two admirals' vessels engaged in a deadly duel; but the French admiral, finding himself surrounded by superior forces, threw his grappling-irons on to the English vessel, and, rather than surrender, set fire to the two admirals' ships, which blew up at the same time, together with their crews of two thousand men.
The sailors ran with grappling-irons to the boat to seek the captain. Euthemio held a purse up as a prize for the rescue of Timar. "A hundred ducats for him who rescues the captain!" "Keep your hundred ducats, good sir!" cried the voice of the man in question from the other end of the ship. "I'm coming." Then they saw him climbing up the stern by the rudder-chains. No fear of his being lost!
"That was well done, lord," said Skallagrim; "now we shall be snugly berthed." "In oars and out grappling-irons," shouted Eric. Up rose the rowers, and their war-gear rattled as they rose. They drew in the long oars, and not before it was time, for now the Gudruda forced her way between the two dragons of Ospakar and lay with her bow to their sterns.
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