There, there, I don't mean that.

Not even scratched, Mr Herrick.

You can go to your messmates now with an adventure to tell them," he added, smiling; "only don't dress it up into a highly-coloured story, about how your superior officer relaxed the strict rules of dishipline; do you hear ?" "Yes, sir, I hear," I said, and I left him going to join the captain, while I went down and told Barkins what had been going on, but I had not been talking to him five minutes before I heard a heavy splash as if something had been thrown over the side.
"What's that ?" said Barkins, turning pale.
I did not answer.
"Sounds like burying some one," he whispered.

"Don't say poor old Blacksmith has gone ?" "No no," I said.

"I know what it is.