Those clouds don't look good to me; there is going to be a blow before morning." "Then it's yer intention ter work out'er this yere berth ?" "It's my intention to be ready, if it becomes necessary.

There is no regular officer left aboard, but, just the same, I am not going to let this bark pile up on those rocks yonder.

We'll hang on here for another half hour, maybe, and then, if the long-boat don't show up, we'll work further off shore until daylight.

That's sensible, isn't it ?" Haines growled something, inaudible to me, but evidently accepted as an assent, and LeVere, still in no good humor from the questioning, wheeled sharply about to go forward.

This movement placed him face to face with me.
"What are you loafing here for ?" he burst forth, no doubt glad to thus vent his anger on someone.