"It all comes of being appointed to a wretched, little cobble boat like this, and sent on smuggling duty.

If I--if we had been aboard a frigate, or even a sloop-of-war, we shouldn't have had such an affair as this.

Why, confound that boy's impudence, he has jumped on board.

Go and speak to him; order him off; pitch him overboard; anything.

How dare he!" Archy drew himself up, laid one hand upon his dirk, and strutted up to Ram, looking "as big as a small ossifer," as Dirty Dick said afterwards; and gave him a smart slap on the shoulder as he was going after the cow.
"Here, you sir!" cried Archy, as the boy faced round.