Go to him, Atwood, and say I beg he will pull within hail of the Plantagenet, as he goes off, and desire Mr.Magrath to come ashore, as soon as possible.

There shall be a conveyance at the landing to bring him here; and he may order his own surgeon to come also, if it be agreeable to himself." With these instructions the secretary left the room; while Sir Gervaise turned to Tom Wychecombe, and said a few of the words customary on such melancholy occasions.
"I think there is hope, sir," he added, "yes, sir, I think there is hope; though your honoured relative is no longer young--still, this early bleeding has been a great thing; and if we can gain a little time for poor Sir Wycherly, our efforts will not be thrown away.

Sudden death is awful, sir, and few of us are prepared for it, either in mind, or affairs.

We sailors have to hold our lives in our hands, it is true, but then it is for king and country; and we hope for mercy on all who fall in the discharge of their duties.

For my part, I am never unprovided with a will, and that disposes of all the interests of this world, while I humbly trust in the Great Mediator, for the hereafter.