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The master-attendant, in the mean time, is applied to for a receiving-ship or hulk, alongside of which the ship may be placed, and in which the crew may live while she is fitting out. The same officer will likewise give the boatswain a "note" for one or more of what are called harbour boats strong affairs, but good enough to perform the rough sort of work required in fitting out.
The others were in successive rows forward, until the pew of the "Admiral Superintendent," next the Altar rails, was reached. I took my seat among the "artificers," being of that order. On coming out of church the master-attendant, next in dignity to the admiral-superintendent, came up to me to say how distressed he was to see me "among the artificers," and begged me in future to use his seat.
I shall no doubt see you again to-morrow or next day, when we can have a further chat." Henderson touched his hat and turned away, and the master-attendant and I made our way along the wharf to the landing-steps.
At least, until we can procure angels to take the office of master-attendant, master-shipwright, storekeeper, and so forth, the laws and customs of human nature will continue to regulate such influences. Your gruff and sulky letter-of-the-law man will, no doubt, get his ship fitted, in process of time, but not half so well, nor nearly so quickly, as he who takes matters cheerfully.
"He calls himself a white man," answered the Master-Attendant scornfully; "but if so, it's just skin-deep and no more. I told him that to his face too." "But who is he, then?" "He's the chief engineer of her. See that, Harry?" "I see," Captain Whalley said thoughtfully. "The engineer. I see." How the fellow came to be a shipowner at the same time was quite a tale.
And now, good morning, Mr Delamere. Come up to the Pen to dinner to-night; then you can report to me what you think the craft requires." "So the Admiral's going to fit out that smugglin' schooner and send you to sea in her, eh?" remarked the master-attendant as soon as we got outside. I replied that I quite understood that to be Sir Peter's intention.
They had been good comrades years ago, almost intimates. At the time when Whalley commanded the renowned Condor, Eliott had charge of the nearly as famous Ringdove for the same owners; and when the appointment of Master-Attendant was created, Whalley would have been the only other serious candidate.
The fellow had the audacity to fly out at the Master-Attendant. He had received the advice in a most impudent manner. "I didn't come here to be laughed at," he had shrieked.
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