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They were within a cable's length of each other, and Newton could plainly distinguish the features of the gallant Surcoeuf, who was in advance on the knight-heads, when a puff of wind, which at any other time would not have occasioned the starting of a royal sheet, took the sails of the corvette; and her wounded foremast, laden with men in the lee-rigging, unable to bear the pressure, fell over the side, carrying with it the maintop-mast, and most of the crew, who had been standing in the rigging, and leaving the corvette an encumbered wreck.
They were within a cable's length of each other, and Newton could plainly distinguish the features of the gallant Surcoeuf, who was in advance on the knight-heads, when a puff of wind, which at any other time would not have occasioned the starting of a royal sheet, took the sails of the corvette; and her wounded foremast, laden with men in the lee-rigging, unable to bear the pressure, fell over the side, carrying with it the maintop-mast and most of the crew who had been standing in the rigging, and leaving the corvette an encumbered wreck.
"She is very taut, sir, and her canvas appears to be foreign." "I'll bet you what you please it's that damned fellow Surcoeuf. This is just his cruising-ground, if the report of that neutral vessel was correct." "Another hour will decide the point, sir," replied Newton; "but I must say I think your surmise likely to prove correct. We may as well be ready for him: a cruiser she certainly is."
The door was opened by a servant who did not know him: Newton passed him, and ran up to the drawing-room, where he found Amber in company with William Aveleyn, who was reading to her the despatch containing the account of the action with Surcoeuf. Amber sprang into his arms.
"She is very taut, sir, and her canvas appears to be foreign." "I'll bet you what you please it's that d d fellow Surcoeuf. This is just his cruising ground, if the report of that neutral vessel was correct." "Another hour will decide the point, sir," replied Newton; "but I must say I think your surmise likely to prove correct. We may as well be ready for him: a cruiser she certainly is."
"Ah! very true; I recollect and you killed Surcoeuf." "No, father, only beat him off." "So it was; I recollect now. Brother John, isn't it almost dinner-time?" "Yes, brother Nicholas, it is; and I'm not sorry for it. Mr William Aveleyn, perhaps you'd like to wash your hands? A lad's paws are never the worse for a little clean water."
She is French rigged; the rake of her stern is French; in fact, she is French all over." "All Lombard Street to a China orange, 'tis Surcoeuf," replied Captain Oughton, who, with the rest of his officers, had his glass upon the vessel. "There goes the tricoloured flag to prove I've won my bet. Answer the challenge. Toss my hat up. Pshaw! I mean hoist the colours there abaft.
"No, my dear father, we boarded one." "Ah! very true; I recollect and you killed Surcoeuf." "No, father, only beat him off." "So it was; I recollect now. Brother John, isn't it almost dinner time?" "Yes, brother Nicholas, it is; and I'm not sorry for it. Mr William Aveleyn, perhaps you'd like to wash your hands? A lad's paws are never the worse for a little clean water."
She is French rigged; the rake of her stern is French; in fact, she is French all over." "All Lombard Street to a China orange, 'tis Surcoeuf," replied Captain Oughton, who, with the rest of his officers, had his glass upon the vessel. "There goes the tricoloured flag to prove I've won my bet. Answer the challenge. Toss my hat up. Pshaw! I mean hoist the colours there abaft.
The door was opened by a servant who did not know him: Newton passed him, and ran up to the drawing-room, where he found Amber in company with William Aveleyn, who was reading to her the despatch containing the account of the action with Surcoeuf. Amber sprung into his arms.
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