Or second, you refuse, and I pack you forward--and you get as quick as the word's said.
Or, third and last, I'll signal that man-of-war and send you ashore under arrest for mutiny.' 'And, of course, I wouldn't blow the gaff?
O no!' replied the jeering Huish.
'And who's to believe you, my son ?' inquired the captain.

'No, sir! There ain't no lark about my captainising.

Enough said.

Up with these blankets.' Huish was no fool, he knew when he was beaten; and he was no coward either, for he stepped to the bunk, took the infected bed-clothes fairly in his arms, and carried them out of the house without a check or tremor.
'I was waiting for the chance,' said Davis to Herrick.

'I needn't do the same with you, because you understand it for yourself.' 'Are you going to berth here ?' asked Herrick, following the captain into the stateroom, where he began to adjust the chronometer in its place at the bed-head.
'Not much!' replied he.