[At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookAt the Back of the North Wind CHAPTER IX 20/36
The captain won't get on so fast as he would like, but he will get on, and so shall we.
I'm just going to put you on board. Do you see in front of the tiller--that thing the man is working, now to one side, now to the other--a round thing like the top of a drum ?" "Yes," said Diamond. "Below that is where they keep their spare sails, and some stores of that sort.
I am going to blow that cover off.
The same moment I will drop you on deck, and you must tumble in.
Don't be afraid, it is of no depth, and you will fall on sail-cloth.
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