h'aboard

Updated: May 8, 2025

"What craft is that, and what do you want?" hailed the officer of the deck, from above. "The tender 'Lurline, sir, with three of your gentlemen to put h'aboard of you, sir," the Briton bellowed through a window of the wheel-house. "Very good, then. Come alongside," directed the officer of the deck. In his most seamanlike style the Briton ranged alongside.

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