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Updated: May 12, 2025
All was warm, sunny, and silent, except that a solitary bee, which had somehow got within the hollow of the abacus, was singing round inquiringly, unable to discern that ascent was the only mode of escape. In another moment she beheld the astronomer, lying in the sun like a sailor in the main-top. Lady Constantine coughed slightly; he did not awake.
About eight o'clock in the evening Curtis mounted to the main-top but he seemed preoccupied and anxious, and did not speak to any one. He remained for a quarter of an hour, then after silently pressing my hand, he returned to his old post. I laid myself down in the narrow space at my disposal, and tried to sleep; but my mind was filled with strange forebodings, and sleep was impossible.
Don't you observe, Mr Simple, that all our gun-brigs, a sort of vessel that will certainly d n the inventor to all eternity, have nothing but low common names, such as Pincher, Thrasher, Boxer, Badger, and all that sort, which are quite good enough for them; whereas all our dashing saucy frigates have names as long as the main-top bowling, and hard enough to break your jaw such as Melpomeny, Terpsichory, Arethusy, Bacchanty fine flourishers, as long as their pennants which dip alongside in a calm."
They're always reading sea stories, and they call their room the 'Main-top, because it's so high up. Then at the end of the passage are Acton, Shaw, and Morris, and they're the 'House of Lords; and next to them is the 'Dogs' Home, where all the other fellows are put."
His nautical names of the high points on the Hill have been generally accepted; so that the Hill rides high above all surrounding lands, her heights labelled like the masts of a gallant ship: "Mizzen-Top," "Main-Top," "Tip-Top." There is indeed by contrast a corresponding unwillingness to be impressed by great personality.
"Will you come down out of that, or won't you?" demanded Potter, angrily: Then, seeing that Leslie was again gazing eagerly out across the glassy surface of the water, the skipper shouted "Bill and Tom, up with you both into the main-top and fetch that man down. If he won't come peaceably, heave him down! I'm cap'n of this ship, and I don't mean to allow anybody aboard her to disobey my orders.
Rogerson was steering, and Railton standing by the wheel talking to him. He had a bottle in his hand and seemed very excited. I could not see Colliver at first, but on glancing up at the rigging saw a most curious sight. There was a man on the main-top, the boatswain, Kelly, apparently asleep. Below him Colliver was climbing up, knife in mouth, and was already within a couple of yards of him.
Come, my lads, there is no want of light we can work without lanterns." The column of fire now ascended above the main-top licking with its forky tongue the top-mast rigging and embracing the mainmast in its folds: and the loud roar with which it ascended proved the violence and rapidity of the combustion below, and how little time there was to be lost.
The midshipman introduced me very politely: "Mr Jenkins Mr Simple, midshipman, Mr Simple, Mr Jenkins, captain of the main-top. Mr Jenkins, Mr Simple has come up with an order for a cocked hat." The captain of the top replied that he was very sorry that he had not one in store, but the last had been served out to the captain's monkey. This was very provoking.
For the first week in June the weather was unusually hot: a candle left all day in the "Main-top" was found drooping out of the perpendicular, and when the Triple Alliance retired to rest their bedroom felt like an oven. They were just dozing off to sleep, when all three were suddenly startled by a muffled bang somewhere close to them.
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