"Are your feet asleep?
Come!" Bennie D.came, under compulsion.

Seth half led, half dragged him to the bow, and, bending down, uncoiled a rope and put it in his hands.
"Them's the jib halliards," he explained.

"Haul on 'em quick and hard as you can.

If we can h'ist the jib we can get some steerage way on her, maybe.

Haul! haul till you can't haul no more.