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Why, what is the matter?" "Oh, Mr. Dodd," sobbed Lucy, "she has told me all you have gone through, and I am the wicked, wicked cause!" David groaned. "If I didn't think as much. I heard the mill going. Ah! Eve, my girl, your jawing-tackle is too well hung. Eve is a good sister to me, Miss Lucy, and, where I am concerned, let her alone for making a mountain out of a mole-hill.
The lad did not answer, but stood gazing at the sailors in a state of utter bewilderment. "Have you carried away your jawing-tackle, my hearty?" asked the man who had last addressed him. "I can't make head nor tail of what you say," was the boy's reply. "Well, what's amiss with you, then? Can you compass that?" "Ay," was the reply; "I understand that well enough.
To this elegant adjuration Walford began to stammer out an exculpatory explanation, which, however, was abruptly nipped in the bud by the boatswain's mate exclaiming "There, belay all that and coil up the slack of your jawing-tackle; there's no time to talk now; tail on there and try to make yourself useful.
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