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The children watched the whole operation from shore, now and then lending their small weight to push open the long gate-beams. 'Dolph, too, watched from shore; suspiciously at first, afterwards with a studied air of boredom, which he relieved by affecting, whenever the heel of a stern-post squeaked in its quoin, to mistake it for a rat an excuse for aimless snuffling, whining and barking. And Mrs.
Passing between Clump and Quoin Islands, we anchored midway between the latter and Driftwood Island, a proceeding which the approach of high-water rendered necessary, as from the great fall of the tide we were obliged at that time to have at least seven fathoms.
Still, the long twenty-four-pounders on the main-deck offered some promise of a hiding-place to the box; and, accordingly, it was often tucked away behind the carriages, among the side tackles; its black colour blending with the ebon hue of the guns. But Quoin, one of the quarter-gunners, had eyes like a ferret.
Stubbins struck a match and proceeded to relight his pipe. "How d'yer mean?" he asked, speaking for the first time. "'ow do I mean? Well, I can't say. Maybe 'e jammed 'is fingers between ther parrel an' ther mast." "What about 'is swearin' at ther Second Mate? Was that 'cause 'e'd jammed 'is fingers?" put in Quoin. "I never 'eard about that," said Plummer. "'oo 'eard 'im?
Ludlow then descended from his post on the night-head, and pointed the cannon himself. "Knock away the quoin, entirely;" he said to the captain of the gun, when he had got the range; "now mind her when she lifts, forward; keep the ship steady, Sir fire!"
This gives a half-slab bond to each course, as on one face of the quoin in one course will appear a quarter slab and in the course above a three-quarter slab superimposed upon it, or vice versa. Thus are the walls in Figs. 19 and 20 built up.
A sentinel started out from the quoin of a wall to stop us, but when we had told our errand he became as friendly as a brother. He went across the road into a neighbouring tournebride to report to the officer of the guard, and came back presently with a torch and the order to take us to the Duke of St. Quentin's lodging. It was near an hour after midnight, and St. Denis was in bed.
Ranged up against the ship's side at regular intervals, they resembled not a little a stud of sable chargers in their stall. Among this iron stud little Quoin was continually running in and out, currying them down, now and then, with an old rag, or keeping the flies off with a brush.
"We'll have ther bloomin' sail fast, an' down hon deck again before they're started." Plummer followed; then Jaskett, I, and Quoin who had been called down off the look-out to give a hand. "That's the style, lads!" the Second sung out, encouragingly. Then he ran aft to the Mate's crowd.
"Ye're a fule, Quoin," he said, again, "And I'm thinking the Second's juist as saft." He began to descend. "Then there's no one?" I asked. "Na'," he said, briefly. As we reached the deck, the Second Mate ran down off the poop. He came towards us, with an expectant air. "You've got him?" he asked, confidently. "There wasn't anyone," I said. "What!" he nearly shouted.
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