God forbid.

She's a tight ship, and she's got as good officers and crew as ever I sailed with.

She has as good a chance as ever a ship had; but when I sees that 'ere sort of sky in these latitudes, I feels as we are in for a tough job." The conversation was broken off, abruptly, by the call of the first mate.
"All hands aloft to shorten sail!" "The bells is ringing up for the beginning of the performance, Reuben.

Here goes aloft!" The next minute the whole of the crew were climbing the shrouds, for the watch off duty were all on deck, and the order was expected; for the signs of the weather could, by this time, be read by every sailor on board.

Above, the sky was still bright and blue; but around the whole circle of the horizon, a mist seemed to hang like a curtain.
"Smartly, lads, smartly," the captain shouted; "don't hurry over your work, but do it with a will.
"I hope we have not left it too long, Mr.James.I have held on longer than I ought, for every mile we get away from land is an advantage, and we have been running nearly due south, ever since I noticed the first falling of the glass when we got up in the morning." "I think we shall have time, sir," the mate said.