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"We all know," quoth old Nic, "that house robberies have been very rife of late, and on peril even of having the laugh against me, I will tell you how I suffered, no longer than three nights ago; so, Tom Cringle, will you and Bang have the charity to hold your tongues, and be instructed?
"A most noble Jew fish," said I. "A Jew fish!" responded Wagtail. "A Jew fish!" said Aaron Bang. "A Jew fish!" said Paul Gelid. "My dear Cringle," continued Wagtail, "when do you dine?" "At three, as usual."
"But I dare not be taken; let that satisfy you, Master Cringle, so go below below with you, sir" I saw he had succeeded in lashing himself into a fury "or, by the Almighty God, who hears me, I shall be tempted to do another deed, the remembrance of which will haunt me till my dying day."
"Murdered, Tom Cringle murdered you have hogged me like the old Ramilies broke my back, Tom spoiled my quadrilling for ever and a day; d n the judge's ice though, and the saw particularly." "Where is he where is Whiffle?" enquired all hands, in a volley. "The devil only knows," said I; "he has flown up into the clouds, catch him who can. He has left this earth anyhow, that is clear."
It was done in due form the Honourable Captain Transom, Captain Cringle of his Britannic Majesty's schooner, Wave, and Aaron Bang, Esquire. And presently we were all as thick as pickpockets. "But come, the President will be delighted to see you."
Tom Cringle says that no one can fathom a negro's affection for a pig; and I believe he is right, for it almost broke our poor darky's heart when he heard that Bess was to be taken ashore, and that he was to have the care of her no more.
"Why, now," continued Aaron, to the doctor of the Wave who had just entered "why, here is a discovery, my dear doctor. You clap a hot blister on a poor fellow's head to cool it, but Doctor Cringle there has cooled Master Wagtail's brain, by blistering his stern eh? Make notes, and mind you report this to the College of Surgeons." I cleared myself of these imputations.
He had noticed me the moment I descended. "Heyday, Master Cringle, you are surely out of your watch. Why, what are you doing here, eh?" I stepped up to him, and told him the truth, that, being over fatigued, I had fallen asleep in the top. "Well, well, boy," said he, "never mind, go below, and turn in; if you don't take your rest, you never will be a sailor."
Murder! a scorpion has dropped from the roof into my mouth, and stung me on the nose. Murder! Tom Tom Cringle Captain Transom, my dear fellows, awake and send for the doctor. Oh my wig oh dear oh dear" At this uproar I could hear Don Ricardo striking a light, and presently he appeared with a candle in his hand, more than half naked, with la senora peering through the half opened door behind him.
"Who?" interrupted Miss Cringle, in a tone of polite inquiry. "Captain Cringle," said the mate, correcting himself, "smokes a great deal, and I've heard him say that you liked the smell of it." "There's pipes and pipes," said Miss Cringle oracularly.
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