And lo! he spoke true.

By your leave, Captain, I will go celebrate this notable occasion in a strain worthy of it and to the glory of my fair Amazon who--" "Go below and cook this company some pottage," said Ludar, "and see you be not long over it." Whereat the poet, with the muse taken out of him, departed.

We stood watching the dawn till there was light enough to look back on our night's work.

There was the Englishman with her main-mast gone, and draggled about the bows, beating up under reefed sails for the coast.
It was plain to see, although we were two long leagues away, that she had had enough for one night and was going to leave us in peace.

For myself, as I looked, I could not wholly glory in having thus flouted her Majesty's flag; but I considered that we had run that night for our lives, so I hoped the sin would be forgiven me.
And now, when we come to look round us, we found the wind still running high, and shifting a point or so to the eastward, promising a stormy day.