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Updated: May 25, 2025
"Some soft-witted fools may like to throw away three hundred pounds on a bit of paintwork; can't say as I envy them their taste. I'd rather have the real thing than a picture of it." He nodded towards the young bull, that was alternately staring at them with nose held high and lowering its horns with a half-playful, half-impatient shake of the head.
"Help Joe scrub paintwork," was the reply. "Me!" broke in the indignant Joe. "Scrub Look 'ere, Ben." "Pore old Joe," said the cook, who had not forgiven him for the previous night's affair. "Pore old Joe." "Don't stand gaping about," commanded the new mate. "Liven up there." "It don't want cleaning. I won't do it," said Joe, fiercely.
By the flush deck of the ship. By the shape of the stern, which sloped outwards. By the paintwork, which was that of a ship of war. By the high speed of about eighteen knots which the ship developed,
And we did very nicely, thank you, especially after the first hour or so, during which time the Outlaw had kicked about fifty various times, chiefly to the damage of her own legs and the paintwork, and after she had bitten a couple of hundred times, to the damage of Maid's neck and Charmian's temper.
The fire had burnt away a portion of the cabin deck, partially destroyed the cabin table, severely scorched and charred the paintwork generally, and had evidently burnt the lower part of the mizenmast, and the deck in which it was stepped, so completely away that the mast had gone over the side to the roll of the ship.
Downstairs, Misery was still going to and fro in the house and walking up and down in it. Presently he stopped to look at Sawkins' work. This man was painting the woodwork of the back staircase. Although the old paintwork here was very dirty and greasy, Misery had given orders that it was not to be cleaned before being painted. 'Just dust it down and slobber the colour on, he had said.
At sight of his beloved paintwork thus defaced, he jumped up and shook his fist at the fishermen; but a second bullet smashed into the cabin not six inches from his head, and he dropped down to the deck under cover of the rail. All the fishermen had rifles, and they now opened a general fusillade. We were all driven to cover even Charley, who was compelled to desert the wheel.
A seaman wiping down the paintwork on the deckhouse saluted. Gissing returned these gestures punctiliously, and began to pace the bridge from side to side. He soon grew accustomed to the varying slant of the deck, and felt that his footing showed a nautical assurance. Now for the first time he enjoyed an untrammelled horizon on all sides.
"I don't know. I'll be on the road for a bit." "I could do with you here for a while; there's a lot of things that want doing." "Captain was thinking of paintwork, maybe?" "Painting, too yes. I'm not sure about that, though; it would be a costly business, with the outbuildings and all. No, I was thinking of something else. Do you know anything about timber, now? Could you mark down for yourself?"
I don't know what exact nature of sail you'd call 'em pyjama-stun'sles with a touch of Sarah's shimmy, per'aps but the riggin' of 'em an' all the supernumerary details, as you might say, bein' carried on through an' over an' between the cutter an' the forge an' the pork an' cleanin' guns, an' the Maxim class an' the Bosun's calaboose and the paintwork, was sublime. There's no other word for it.
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