43, Gangway D,--the forward one on the starboard side." "I hope you will never touch the wine-cup again." "I will not--till next time," added Shuffles, as the chaplain moved towards the door of the brig.
"'Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder,'" continued the chaplain, as he passed out of the lock-up.
Mr.Agneau went to the prisoner's berth, and found the two bottles of wine.

They were a sufficient explanation of the remarkable conduct of Shuffles.

The youth had "drank wine, and was drunken," otherwise he would not have been guilty of such flagrant disobedience.

Though in his own estimation the excuse was worse than the original fault, yet it was an explanation; and if the root of the evil could be removed, the evil itself would cease to exist.

The wine could be thrown overboard, and as no more could be obtained during the voyage, the good conduct of the young tippler would be insured, at least till the ship reached Queenstown, which was the port to which she was bound.
With the two bottles in his hands, the chaplain returned to the professors' cabin.