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Still, though Mrs Rumbelow spoke thus cheerfully, she had a heavy weight at her heart. She had been too often at sea not to know the danger the ship was in, and she observed no signs of the weather improving. The night was again drawing on; Commander Newcombe had done his utmost. The ship was kept under easy sail, to relieve her as much as possible.
He can preserve them if He thinks fit; and if so, we shall meet them again. That's what keeps me up." "You are right, Mrs Rumbelow," whispered Mrs Morley, as the sergeant's wife knelt by her side within the little tent. "Does any one think that the ship is still afloat?" "That's more than any one can say, marm. Ships have floated when all on board supposed that they were going down.
"Out oars," cried Harry Shafto; and the crew of the launch attempted to pull up, and save some of their drowning shipmates. Before, however, they could get up even to the ship's quarter, nearly all had disappeared, several poor women and children being speedily overwhelmed. "See! see!" cried Mrs Rumbelow, "there is a little chap striking out towards us; and I do believe he has a baby in his arms.
Now a heavy mass of water came tumbling on board on the starboard side; now another fell over her on the other hand. "Bail away, boys, bail away," cried Mr Rumbelow; and all who had buckets or cans exerted themselves to the utmost, down to young Broke, the water being hove out again as fast almost as it had come on board. The launch flew on. Harry breathed more freely.
Mrs Morley and her daughters were setting them a good example, and Mrs Rumbelow was making her way among them, the most active of the party with hand and tongue. The doctor was busy for'ard over the stove, where, with the assistance of the armourer's and carpenter's mates, he was engaged on some iron work which absorbed his whole attention. Harry's first impulse was to look out for the other boat.
"I'll ask Mrs Rumbelow what she thinks about it," said Willy. "She will soon get the opinion of the seamen, and I should not quite like to ask them myself."
One by the knife did part wi' life And three the bullet took O, But three times three died plaguily A-wriggling on a hook O. A hook both strong and bright and long, They died by gash o' hook O. So cheerly O and cheerly O, Come shake a leg, lads, all O. Wi' a yo-ho-ho and a rumbelow And main-haul, shipmates, haul O. Some swam in rum to kingdom come, Full many a lusty fellow.
We might have been very much worse off, believe me." Mrs Morley and her daughters at once set to work to arrange, with the scanty means at their disposal, the interior of their cottage, assisted by Mrs Rumbelow. Meantime, all hands were engaged in putting up the other huts.
"Yes, many;" assented Lord Shrope in answer to the girl's remark, as retinues of barges passed them, filled with many a freight of brave men and beautiful women. "Hearken, how the oarsmen keep time to their oars." Francis listened with delight as the song of the wherrymen swelled in a mighty chorus, for every boatman sang the same thing: "Heave ho! rumbelow!" "And the swans," she cried excitedly.
"Oh, my husband! my husband!" was the only answer poor Mrs Morley could make. "I have a husband, too, marm," said Mrs Rumbelow. "The sergeant and I, though old folks, love each other as much as any young folks can do. We have long known that any day, with the chances of war, we might be separated, and by many another chance too, though.
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