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At length it ceased, and the cautious and partial gleam of a lanthorn fell along the floor; another moment, and two men stood in the room. "Hush, Jack!" whispered one: "hang out the glim, and let's look about us." The dark-lanthorn, now fairly unmuffled, presented to the gaze of the robbers nothing that could gratify their cupidity. They muttered a mutual curse.
Hereupon Bym lighted his lanthorn and putting aside the great settle by the hearth, stooped and raised one of the flagstones, discovering a flight of worn, stone steps, down which we followed him and so into a great cellar or vaulted crypt, where stood row upon row of barrels and casks, piled very orderly to the stone roof.
Remembering how the Captain of the Watch had admonished him, he stopped and peered about, but owing to his proximity to the light of his own lanthorn he saw nothing. Presently he heard another splash and the sound of blowings and of puffings, but still unable to see clearly whence they came, he was forced in bewilderment to resume his march.
At last, he stopped a man carrying a lanthorn. "Can you tell me where Jack Robinson is, please?" "Who?" said the sailor, staring. "Ain't nobody o' that name here." "I mean Tom Jeffs," said the Skipper hurriedly. "Oh, him! Ashore with the gig, waiting to bring the skipper aboard."
A couple of the press-gang seized Don by the arms, and a couple more paid Jem Wimble the same attention, after which they were led up a flight of steps, the door was banged to and bolted, and directly after they were all standing on the floor of what had evidently been used as a tobacco warehouse, where the lanthorn light showed a rough step ladder leading up to another floor.
Here staid till almost twelve at night, and then with a lanthorn from thence walked over the fields, as dark as pitch, and mighty cold, and snow, to Chatham, and Mr. Coney with great kindness to me: and there all in bed before I come home, and so I presently to bed. 25th.
The landing was encumbered with lumber and stones for building, and, as the moon was just then covered by a thick cloud, the search was difficult. "I declare, ain't this provokin'!" Rebecca cried, at length. "These beams and blocks impede us," said the officer. "We must have light, perforce. Ho there! The watch, ho! Bring your lanthorn!"
Crossing this they entered a small court surrounded by a large but shapeless pile of buildings, which gave little sign externally of much intercourse with the living world: here and there however from its small and lofty windows, sunk in the massy stonework, a dull light was seen to twinkle; and, as far as the lanthorn would allow him to see, Bertram observed every where the marks of hoary antiquity.
He set down the lanthorn on a stool, whence it shed a wheel of yellow light intersected with black beams. His cloak fell apart, and I saw that he was dressed for riding, very plainly, in sombre garments, and that he was armed. He stood slightly to one side that the light might fall upon my face, leaving his own in shadow; thus he considered me for some moments in silence.
On board the flagship coming home I had been chained down in the cable-tier a place where I could feel every straining of the great ship. Once these had risen to a pandemonium, a frightful tumult. There was a great gale outside. A sailor came down with a lanthorn, and tossed my biscuit to me. "You d d pirate," he said, "maybe it's you saving us from drowning." "Is the gale very bad?" I had called.
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