Now go ahead and get aground before a steady breeze comes up and spoils the manoeuvre.

I'll send my boats the moment you strike.

And now, good-day, gentlemen.'" "And we went and did it," Sparrowhawk said solemnly, and then emitted a series of chuckling noises.

"We laid over, starboard tack, and I pinched the _Emily_ against the spit.

'Go about,' Captain Munster yells at me; 'go about, or you'll have me aground!' He yelled other things, much worse.