Whom did you ever hear give that character to this particular ship ?" "Why, sir, her reefers are always bragging as much as _that_; and a great deal _more_, too." "Her reefers!--Young gentlemen are particularly struck with the charms of their first loves, both ashore and afloat, my boy.

Did you ever hear an _old seaman_ say that much for the Plantagenet ?" "I think I have, sir," returned Lord Geoffrey, blushing.

"Galleygo, Sir Gervaise's steward, is commonly repeating some such stuff or other.

They are furious braggarts, the Plantagenet's, all round, sir." "That comes honestly," answered Bluewater, smiling, "her namesakes and predecessors of old, having some such characteristic, too.

Look at that ship's yards, boy, and learn how to trim a vessel's sails on a wind.