The wind was very fresh, and blew into his mouth so strong, that it actually whistled while he was forced to keep it open; and thus, he was obliged to walk up and down, cooling his inside, for nearly two hours, when the first lieutenant sent for him, and told him, that he thought all the worms must be dead by that time; but if they were not, the lad was not to apply his own remedies, but come to him for another dose.

However, the boy was of the same opinion as the first lieutenant, and never complained of worms again.
A few nights afterwards, when we had the middle watch, O'Brien proceeded with his story.
"Where was it that I left off ?" "You left off at the time that you were taken out of confinement." "So I did, sure enough; and it was with no good-will that I went to my duty.

However, as there was no help for it, I walked up and down the deck as before, with my hands in my pockets, thinking of old Ireland, and my great ancestor, Brien Borru.

And so I went on behaving myself like a real gentleman, and getting into no more scrapes, until the fleet put into the Cove of Cork, and I found myself within a few miles of my father's house.

You may suppose that the anchor had hardly kissed the mud, before I went to the first lieutenant, and asked leave to go on shore.