Personal Adventures And Anecdotes of An Old Officer
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' * Why, ' I said, * you're going in my cutter to Zante. ' At this she started up and almost screamed, * In this thing ? Oh, I shall be drowned ! I shall be drowned ! Let me out, let me out !' I said to her, ' Why are you afraid of being drowned ?' Pointing to the crew, I 154 PERSONAL ADVENTURES AND ANECDOTES continued : ' You see these men ? Well, they've all got their wives and families at home. Do you think they want to be drowned ?' Then she started again : ' Oh, that Pell, the villain, the... scoundrel ! He told us that we were going in a larger steamer than the P. And O. That brought us from England. Oh, the scoundrel, if I had him !' clenching her fists at the same time. After awhile she cooled down, and soon consented to go down with ' Hemma. ' I introduced them to their cabin, which was really larger than the sleeping berths of the P. And 0. In those days, and they had good ventilation from the skylight overhead. As was my habit, I remained on deck all night when out of sight of land.
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