We're gentlemen serving his Majesty on board the _Alcestis_, and this proper young fellow shall be helped on to more honour and glory than he'd ever get bobbing for whales.

Tell Sylvia this, with my love; Jack Carter's love, if she's anxious about my name.' One of the sailors laughed at this rude humour; another bade Carter hold his stupid tongue.

Philip hated him in his heart.

Kinraid hardly heard him.

He was growing faint with the heavy blows he had received, the stunning fall he had met with, and the reaction from his dogged self-control at first.
Philip did not speak nor move.
'Tell her,' continued Kinraid, rousing himself for another effort, 'what yo've seen.