"You look like it! But wait till I get back to 'The Rosamond.' and I'll knock some of the impudence out of you, you young filibusters!" And with a parting malediction, which showed wonderful ingenuity in blasphemy, he growled out an order to back water; when the boat was turned, and headed for the ship.
"Give 'em three cheers!" said Kit.
Whereupon we jumped up, gave _three_ and a big groan; at which the red face in the stern turned, and stared long and evilly at us.
"No wonder he's mad!" exclaimed Raed.

"Had to row clean round this ice-field, and now has got to row back for his pains! Thought he was going to scare us just about into fits.

Got rather disagreeably disappointed." "He was pretty well _set up_, I take it," remarked the captain.

"Had probably taken a drop before coming off.

His men knew it.