"Yet you are like to get a better view of the fight than most.

I shall see you soon again if the waves are kind to me, and the Englishman's shot falls wide." "Think you not, he means you to escape and get clear ?" said I.

"Would I were with you!" "Humphrey, you were ever a fool," said he, gravely.

"Expect me back soon, and if I come not, 'twill not be my fault or yours.

Get aloft, comrade, and keep a good look-out." So I went up very sadly.