"I never talked less of it.

Come, are you, too, like these Spanish gentles, down in the mouth for a puff of wind and a pailful or two of salt water over the deck?
Courage, man.
If you be an Englishman, show these Dons how an Englishman can hold up his head and keep a stiff upper lip." That brought up the courage in me; and though for a day or so the weakness of my thews caused me to rest my hands idly on the oar, while he lugged at it cheerily and mightily, my heart came up from my boots and knocked louder and stronger within me day by day.
So, after ten days out, we came off the black headland called Malin, where, as the wind still held westerly, the welcome order was given to ship oars and spread all canvas for the Scottish coast.
Ludar alone looked grave when the order came, and pointed to the furious, livid swirl of purple clouds that crowded round the setting sun.
"I have seen yon sky before," said he, "often when I was a boy.

And they taught us, when we saw it, to pray the saints for those at sea." "May be there are saints ashore who see it and pray for us to-night," said I.
"There had need be," said he, solemnly..