I fancy I shall recognize her when I see her.' 'Not much to go by, that,' exclaimed the other man curtly.

But he said no more.

He, as well as his mate, had received from Theodore Racksole one English sovereign as a kind of preliminary fee, and an English sovereign will do a lot towards silencing the natural sarcastic tendencies and free speech of a Thames waterman.
'There's one thing I noticed,' said Racksole suddenly, 'and I forgot to tell you of it, Mr Hazell.

Her screw seemed to move with a rather irregular, lame sort of beat.' Both watermen burst into a laugh.
'Oh,' said the fat rower, 'I know what you're after, sir--it's Jack Everett's launch, commonly called "Squirm".

She's got a four-bladed propeller, and one blade is broken off short.' 'Ay, that's it, sure enough,' agreed the man in the bows.