splendids

Updated: April 30, 2025

The servant girls were running about, mustering the various crews, whose dinners were spread, each in a separate apartment; and who were collectively known by the names of their ships. "Where are the Arethusas? Here's their beef been smoking this half-hour." "Fly, Betty, my dear, here come the Splendids." "Run, Molly, my love; get the salt-cellars for the Highlanders."

Herman Melville - Redburn. His First Voyage