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Updated: June 16, 2025
"Are you armed?" said Attwater. "I ask for the form's sake." "Armed? No!" said Herrick. "O yes, I am, too!" And he flung upon the beach a dripping pistol. "You are wet," said Attwater. "Yes, I am wet," said Herrick. "Can you do anything with me?" Attwater read his face attentively. "It would depend a good deal upon what you are," said he. "What I am? A coward!" said Herrick.
'Yes, Merton, said Herrick, and the next moment blushed scarlet at his indiscretion. 'I am of the other lot, said Attwater: 'Trinity Hall, Cambridge. I called my schooner after the old shop. Well! this is a queer place and company for us to meet in, Mr Hay, he pursued, with easy incivility to the others. 'But do you bear out ... I beg this gentleman's pardon, I really did not catch his name.
'Well then, I'll tell you what: you three gentlemen come ashore this evening and bring a basket of wine with you; I'll try and find the food, he said. 'And by the by, here is a question I should have asked you when I come on board: have you had smallpox? 'Personally, no, said Herrick. 'But the schooner had it. 'Deaths? from Attwater. 'Two, said Herrick.
"My name is 'Uish, sir," returned the clerk, and blushed in turn. "Ah!" said Attwater. And then turning again to Herrick, "Do you bear out Mr. Whish's description of your vintage? or was it only the unaffected poetry of his own nature bubbling up?"
The object of his terror had become suddenly inverted; till then he had seen Attwater trussed and gagged, a helpless victim, and had longed to run in and save him; he saw him now tower up mysterious and menacing, the angel of the Lord's wrath, armed with knowledge and threatening judgment. He set down his glass again, and was surprised to see it empty.
"There is nothing wrong; all is above-board; Captain Brown is a good soul; he is a ... he is...." The phantom voice of Davis called in his ear: "There's going to be a funeral"; and the sweat burst forth and streamed on his brow. "He is a family man," he resumed again, swallowing; "he has children at home and a wife." "And a very nice man?" said Attwater. "And so is Mr. Whish, no doubt?"
Instant grimness as of death appeared on the face of Attwater; he smote the bell imperiously, and the two brown natives fell into the attitude of attention and stood mute and trembling. There was just a moment of silence and hard looks; then followed a few savage words in the native; and, upon a gesture of dismissal, the service proceeded as before.
Herrick was embarrassed; the silken brutality of their visitor made him blush; that he should be accepted as an equal, and the others thus pointedly ignored, pleased him in spite of himself, and then ran through his veins in a recoil of anger. 'I don't know, he said. 'It's only California; it's good enough, I believe. Attwater seemed to make up his mind.
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee." "I do not understand you," said Herrick. "Not?" said Attwater. "You seem to speak in riddles," said Herrick unsteadily. "I do not understand what manner of man you are, nor what you are driving at." Attwater stood with his hands upon his hips, and his head bent forward.
''Ope you made 'em jump, said Huish. 'When it was necessary, Mr Whish, I made them jump, said Attwater. 'You bet you did, cried the captain. He was a good deal flushed, but not so much with wine as admiration; and his eyes drank in the huge proportions of the other with delight. 'You bet you did, and you bet that I can see you doing it! By God, you're a man, and you can say I said so.
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