We had expected that she would be out for another month, at least.

However, as each man got a month's pay, we had nothing to grumble about; although it did seem strange that even the skipper should not have had a hint of what Mr.Carthew intended, till he called him into his cabin and paid him his money." "And where is she laid up ?" "Well, sir, she is at Ostend.

I don't know whether she is going to be hauled up there, or only dismantled and left to float in the dock.

The governor told the skipper that he thought he might go to the Mediterranean in December, but that till then he should not be able to use her.

It seemed a rum thing leaving her out there instead of having her hauled up at Southampton or Gosport, and specially that he should not have kept two or three of us on board in charge.