CHAPTER XII.
"Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; ...

so shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviours from the great, Grow great by your example, and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution." _King John_, V.i.
"Creaky doors" are said to "hang long," and leaky ships may enjoy a similar longevity.

It certainly was a curious fact that the _Water-Lily_ hardly suffered in that storm, though the damage done to shipping was very great.

Big and little, men-of-war and merchantmen, very few escaped scot-free, and some dragged their anchors and were either on the reef in the harbour, or ran foul of one another.
Repairs were the order of the day, but we managed to get ours done and to proceed on our voyage, with very little extra delay.
I cannot say it was a pleasant cruise, though it brought unexpected promotion to one of the Shamrock three.

In this wise: The mate was a wicked brute, neither more nor less.