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Although the breeze, which came so opportunely to the aid of the Water-Witch, soon filled the sails of the Coquette, it caused no change in the opinions of her crew concerning the fortunes of that ship; while it served to heighten the reputation which the 'Skimmer of the Seas' had already obtained, as a mariner who was more than favored by happy chances, in the thousand emergencies of his hazardous profession.
The water-witch was slain, and rejoicing, the hero returned to Hrothgar. Now indeed had peace come to the Danes, and loaded with thanks and rewards, Beowulf returned homeward. Many years passed. Beowulf himself became king in his own land, and for fifty years he ruled well, and kept his folk in peace.
For a time, only, had he been induced, by the calmness and self-possession with which she received her uncle and himself, to believe that she had not visited the Water-Witch at all; but when the gay and reckless being who governed the movements of that extraordinary vessel, appeared, he could no longer flatter himself with this hope.
It appeared as if the conscious little bark knew its commander's voice; for its course changed slightly, as if the fabric were possessed of the consciousness and faculties of life. "Ho! The Water-Witch! ahoy!" shouted the Skimmer, with a still mightier effort. " Hilloa!" came down faintly on the breeze, and the direction of the brigantine again altered.
You must be content to take the homely accommodations of the Coquette, for the night, instead of the more luxurious cabin of your Water-Witch. What the authorities of the Province may decide, to-morrow, it exceeds the knowledge of a poor commander in the navy to say." "The lord Cornbury has retired to ?"
"You are truly from a distant ocean," said the young captain of the Coquette, smiling like a man who apologizes to himself for an act of what he thought undue condescension, "if the exploits of a brigantine known by the name of the 'Water-Witch, and of him who commands her, under the fit appellation of the 'Skimmer of the Seas, have not yet reached your ears.
As my dingey floated out again from beneath the overhanging hull, I looked up and saw the words, Water-Witch, painted in white upon her pitch-dark bows. By this time I was among the tiers of shipping. I looked back over my shoulder, and saw their countless masts looming up as far as eye could see in the dim light, and their lamps flickering and wavering upon the water.
The Water-Witch has run the gauntlet of all your navies, and shot has never yet defaced her beauty." "And yet her limbs have been known to fall before a messenger from my ship!" "The stick wanted the commission of our mistress," interrupted the other, glancing his eye at the credulous and attentive crew of the boat.
The report of a pistol from the barge, which was immediately followed by a gun from the cruiser, whose shot came whistling between the masts of the Water-Witch, was the signal to resort to the ordinary means of victory.
Down and down he dived till he came to the cave of the water-witch whom he killed after a desperate struggle. Hard by on a couch lay the body of Grendel. Drawing his sword he smote off the ogre's head. Swimming up with it he reached the surface and sprang to land, and was greeted by his faithful thanes. Four of them were needed to carry the huge head back to Hart Hall.
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