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No sooner was the news of war received on board the Syren, than everybody seemed to wake up into activity. No one had time for a moment to be idle fore or aft. The armourer's crew were employed in polishing up muskets, and pistols, and sharpening cutlasses. For hours together we were practised at the small-arms and great-guns, which had never before been thought of.
I remember, as a young man, being greatly struck by the independence of character exhibited by Miss Bronte in a certain confession she made in respect to Miss Austen's novels. It was at a period when everybody professed to adore them, and especially the great-guns of literature.
These were echoed with a muffled sound from the men shut up in the armoured hull below for it must be remembered that not a soul had been visible all this time on the Thunderer except the men in the "top" and those who had been sent to lower the steam-launch. Apparently rendered savage by this event, the Russians let fly a volley from their four great-guns, but without serious result.
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