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'Thou Gawd seest me!' continued Huish. 'I remember I had that written
in my Bible. I remember the Bible too, all about Abinadab and parties.
Well, Gawd!' apostrophising the meridian, 'you're goin' to see a rum
start presently, I promise you that!'
The captain bounded.
'I'll have no blasphemy!' he cried, 'no blasphemy in my boat.'
'All right, cap,' said Huish. 'Anythink to oblige. Any other topic you
would like to sudgest, the rynegyge, the lightnin' rod, Shykespeare, or
the musical glasses? 'Ere's conversation on a tap. Put a penny in the
slot, and... 'ullo! 'ere they are!' he cried. 'Now or never is 'e goin'
to shoot?'
And the little man straightened himself into an alert and dashing
attitude, and looked steadily at the enemy. But the captain rose half up
in the boat with eyes protruding.
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What's that?' he cried.
Wot's wot?' said Huish.
Those--blamed things,' said the captain.
And indeed it was something strange. Herrick and Attwater, both armed
with Winchesters, had appeared out of the grove behind the figure-head;
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