It would be a great thing, indeed, for anyone on landing to have gentlemen ready to assist him, and push him forward.

This is so at home, and is of course still more the case in a strange country.

I am very anxious to get on, and am ready to work my hardest, to deserve any kindness that may be shown me." "Well, we shall have plenty of time to think it over before we arrive.
"I fancy," Captain Wilson went on, looking upwards at the sky, "that our wonderful run of good luck, with regard to the weather, is likely to end shortly, and that we are in for a gale." "Do you think so, sir ?" "I do, indeed; and if we do get a gale, it is likely to be a serious one.

The Cape, you know, was much feared for its terrible storms by the Portuguese, and it has kept up its reputation ever since.

I think it is going to give us a taste of its quality.".