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Chapter 5 OPINION, MALE AND FEMALE

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is to our credit or theirs; whereas their proper business is to cure the fish they have caught, instead of asking how they caught them. Mr. Twemlow had sense enough

en against every veal pie and every loin of pork. Because in the church there would be seen this day (as the servants at the Hall told every one) the man whom no Englishman could behold without pride, and no Frenchman with it-the victor

h a windowful of bull's-eyes upon him, and was surprised to see stars by daylight), but the glint of his jewels and glow of his gold diverted no eye from the calm, sad face which in the day of battle could outflash them all. That sensitive, mild, complaisant face (hum

the village, put this conclusion into better English, when Mrs. Shank

ry night the Lord seeth good for it. I would sooner have found hoppers in the best ham in the shop than have gone to church so to delude myself. But there! that Cheeseman would make me do it. I did believe as we had somebody fit to do battle for us against Boney, and I laughed abou

nks quite agr

self-'why, my poor John, as is now in heaven, poor fellow, would 'a took you up with one hand, my lord, stars a

as different, because they k

es out of twenty. But any one with a fork to his leg can see the sort of stuff he is made of. He 'tended his duty in the house of the Lord, and he wouldn't look after the women; but he kept

sals, according to his manner, taking no trouble to regard the women-which debarred them from thinking much of him-but settling with a steady gaze at each sea-faring man, whether he was made of good stuff or

her father's table, for the Admiral had long been a widower. "The finest I have seen on the south coast anywhere. And t

could get them to believe for a moment that there was any danger of invasion. And they carried on all their fishing business almost a

at any rate very little. As to the Boulogne affair, Springhaven was quite right. There was never much danger of invasion. I only wish

brother Johnny had nicknamed him. "Why, if there was always peace, what on earth would any but very low people f

sister Faith replied, with the superior mind of twenty-o

ers." Then Dolly (whose name was "Horatia" only in presence of her great godfather)

ed to know or remember all the little particulars of our race. We are four, as you know; and the elder two are peaceful, while the younger pair are warlike. And I am to be the 'nasty law

se about me! You told a great sto

attle, but henceforth will do so; but I never shall afford her that gratificat

the table. "Nobody pays much attention to him, because he does not mean a word of it. He belongs to the peace-peace-peace-at-any-pr

looking at Frank Darling with undisguised disgust. "My young friend,

Faith, "never tries to be a fool, Lo

hair with the lightness of a boy, and went round to Frank Darling, with his thin figure leaning forward, and his gray unpowdere

n't look at things as I do. Poets are almost as good as sailors, and a great deal better than soldiers. I have felt a gift that way

who never knew the fear of men, helped largely to produce t

ubit higher than the mighty captain-"it is good for the world tha

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Contents

Chapter 1 WHEN THE SHIP COMES HOME Chapter 2 WITH HER CREW AND CARGO Chapter 3 AND HER TRUE COMMANDER Chapter 4 AND HER FAITHFUL CHAPLAIN Chapter 5 OPINION, MALE AND FEMALE Chapter 6 AS OTHERS SEE US Chapter 7 A SQUADRON IN THE DOWNS Chapter 8 A LESSON IN THE AENEID Chapter 9 THE MAROON Chapter 10 ACROSS THE STEPPING-STONES Chapter 11 NO PROMOTION
Chapter 12 AT THE YEW-TREE
Chapter 13 WHENCE, AND WHEREFORE
Chapter 14 A HORRIBLE SUGGESTION
Chapter 15 ORDEAL OF AUDIT
Chapter 16 FOX-HILL
Chapter 17 SEA-SIDE LODGINGS
Chapter 18 FRENCH AND ENGLISH
Chapter 19 IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Chapter 20 AMONG THE LADIES
Chapter 21 A GRACIOUS MERCY
Chapter 22 A SPECIAL URGENCY
Chapter 23 YOH-HEAVE-OH!
Chapter 24 ACCORDING TO CONTRACT
Chapter 25 NO CONCERN OF OURS
Chapter 26 LONG-PIPE TIMES
Chapter 27 FAIR IN THEORY
Chapter 28 FOUL IN PRACTICE
Chapter 29 MATERNAL ELOQUENCE
Chapter 30 PATERNAL DISCIPLINE
Chapter 31 SORE TEMPTATION
Chapter 32 THE TRIALS OF FAITH
Chapter 33 FAREWELL, DANIEL
Chapter 34 CAULIFLOWERS
Chapter 35 LOYAL, AYE LOYAL
Chapter 36 FAIR CRITICISM
Chapter 37 NEITHER AT HOME
Chapter 38 EVERYBODY'S MASTER
Chapter 39 RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
Chapter 40 SHELFING THE QUESTION
Chapter 41 LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD
Chapter 42 ANSWERING THE QUESTION
Chapter 43 LITTLE AND GREAT PEOPLE
Chapter 44 DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
Chapter 45 FATHER, AND CHILD
Chapter 46 CATAMARANS
Chapter 47 ENTER AND EXIT
Chapter 48 MOTHER SCUDAMORE
Chapter 49 EVIL COMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 50 HIS SAVAGE SPIRIT
Chapter 51 STRANGE CRAFT
Chapter 52 KIND ENQUIRIES
Chapter 53 TIME AND PLACE
Chapter 54 IN A SAD PLIGHT
Chapter 55 IN SAVAGE GUISE
Chapter 56 THE SILVER VOICE
Chapter 57 BELOW THE LINE
Chapter 58 IN EARLY MORN
Chapter 59 NEAR OUR SHORES
Chapter 60 NO DANGER, GENTLEMEN
Chapter 61 DISCHARGED FROM DUTY
Chapter 62 THE WAY OUT OF IT
Chapter 63 THE FATAL STEP
Chapter 64 WRATH AND SORROW
Chapter 65 TRAFALGAR
Chapter 66 THE LAST BULLETIN
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