Then they raised Ridge high on their shoulders and bore him as proudly aloft as though he alone had achieved the wonderful victory of which he brought the news.

Indeed, they seemed to believe that but for his presence with the American ships things might perhaps have gone differently, and Rollo Van Kyp only voiced the general sentiment when he said: "Lucky thing for Sampson that he had at least one 'Terror' along to see that the scrap was conducted according to rules.

How I wish, though, that the _Nun_ had got here in time to take part in that fight, for she can outfoot the old _Corsair_--_Gloucester_, I mean--almost two to one.
If she had only been on hand I believe she would have captured one of these little fellows alive, before he had a chance to make the beach." "The who ?" asked Ridge, in perplexity, for the latter part of this remark had been addressed to him alone.
"The _Nun_.

_Gray Nun_ is her whole name.

My yacht--used to be the _Royal Flush_, you know.