1. Come on. It's all right.
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2. Yes, it's all right.
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3. Wake up, Will.
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4. Starboard bow ahoy.
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5. - What is it, Slade?
- Thought I heard somethin'.
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6. Sounded like a bell.
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7. - Native fishermen, perhaps.
- Or a reef marker, sir.
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8. Mr Calamy, the lead, if you please.
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9. - By the mark, five fathom.
- Five fathom.
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10. Sand and broken shell.
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11. What is it?
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12. Two points off the starboard bow,
in the fog bank.
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13. What was it? A sail?
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14. - I don't know what it was.
- Should we beat to quarters?
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15. - I can't be certain.
- You're officer of the watch.
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16. Hollom, you must make a decision.
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17. We shall beat to quarters.
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18. Rouse up. Sleepers awake.
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19. Move. Move along.
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20. Jump to it, boys. Jump to it.
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21. Light along there.
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22. Sighting in heavy fog.
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23. - Handsomely on the yards tackle.
- Topmen aloft.
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24. Where away?
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25. Two points off the starboard bow, sir.
Not a mile distant.
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26. - You sure, Mr Hollom?
- Yes, sir.
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27. Man-of-war?
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28. I don't know, sir.
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29. It was only for a moment.
I thought I saw a shape.
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30. - Did you see it, Mr Calamy?
- No, sir.
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31. You did the right thing, Mr Hollom.
Go to your stations.
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32. The deck's yours, Tom.
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33. Sir.
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34. Clear away. And launch boats.
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35. - Quit your dawdling.
- You heard the man.
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36. Lower away.
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37. Haul both your yard tackles.
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38. Strike the bell.
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39. Down. All hands down.
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40. Hands to your stations.
Mr Hollar, damage report, if you please.
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41. 18-pounders. We'll have to get closer.
Run out the starboard battery.
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42. Mr Allen, come up on the wind.
Lay me alongside at pistol-shot.
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43. Sharpshooters to the tops, Mr Howard.
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44. Sergeant. Take your section
into the main top.
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45. We stand tall on the quarterdeck.
All of us.
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46. - Mr Boyle, run up the colors.
- Aye, sir.
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47. Note for the log, Mr Watt.
"Engaged enemy frigate at six bells."
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48. - Straight at 'em, Mr Mowett.
- Straight at 'em, sir.
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49. Bill.
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50. Leave the swords.
Get the captain's silver below.
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51. She's not in range yet.
Stand fast till she's close enough.
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52. - Close with him amidships.
- Midships it is, sir.
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53. For God's sake, don't drop anything.
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54. Steady.
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55. - Hold your positions.
- Hold your position. Courage, now.
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56. - Hold steady, boys.
- Don't worry, lads, we'll serve 'em out yet.
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57. Mr Pullings, sir.
Davies, Jemmy, get Mr Pullings below.
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58. Aye, sir.
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59. Mr Blakeney, pass the word for the captain.
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60. Clear the forward pin rails.
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61. More sand on the floor.
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62. On the up-roll, fire!
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63. Down!
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64. Relieving-tackles on the tiller.
You men, collect these wounded.
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65. - Keep 'em spitting, Mr Calamy.
- Aye, sir. Reload and give 'em hell.
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66. Sir. To the taffrail.
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67. The rudder's shot away.
The steering don't answer.
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68. We're fish in a barrel.
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69. Why are we not firing?
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70. Let me through.
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71. Here, Joe.
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72. Hold it in there.
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73. - He's on the larboard bow, sir.
- Bring up your small arms.
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74. Prepare to repel boarders.
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75. Seize your weapons
and wait for the word.
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76. Your orders, sir?
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77. Call the gun crews to deck. Rig man-ropes
over the stern and pull the boats in.
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78. Put us in that fog, Tom.
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79. Pull together, men.
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80. Pull for the fog bank.
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81. Run 'em out.
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82. Fire!
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83. She's opened up a seam.
We need to get some oakum and pound it in.
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84. Joe, a mallet and some irons.
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85. She's gaining on us.
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86. - We're nearly there, boys.
- Pull.
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87. - Reach for it, men.
- We're home inside that fog.
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88. Fire!
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89. Pull for Lucky Jack.
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90. We've done it.
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91. Pipe down. Silence on deck.
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92. They'll not find us in here.
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93. Quiet, lads. No shouts, no calls.
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94. Avast rowing.
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95. Well done, lads.
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96. Two feet six inches, sir, and holding.
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97. - Good work, Mr Lamb.
- Thank you, sir.
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98. So, what's the butcher's bill?
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99. Nine dead, 27 wounded.
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100. Joe Plaice.
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101. He has a severely depressed fracture of
the skull. I don't think he'll see out the night.
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102. Lord Blakeney.
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103. Just a broken arm, sir.
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104. You're in very good hands.
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105. I'm doing everything I can.
I know you were close to his father.
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106. His father would've understood.
He knew the life. His mother, however...
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107. Let me take a look at that brow of yours.
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108. What?
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109. Damn, he was good.
Just came out of nowhere.
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110. Hit us with a full broadside,
cut across our tail and took out our rudder.
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111. Damn fine gunnery.
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112. We only slipped away because of the fog.
Quite fortunate, really.
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113. He may have had the weather gauge,
but we had the weather gods.
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114. I have no idea what it is you're talking about,
but he did seem to come off rather well.
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115. Seven weeks sailing, and he happens
in darkness on our exact position.
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116. The French have their spies
in England and elsewhere. As do we.
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117. Indeed.
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118. If he knew we were looking for him, he could
have stood to sea and passed well clear.
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119. Well then, perhaps he was looking for us.
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120. If she was a frigate, then I am a Dutchman.
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121. It was an unfair match.
There was no dishonor in it.
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122. She was more like a ship of the line.
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123. You have to wonder about her hull.
Our shots wouldn't penetrate.
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124. Triple-shotted at 200 yards - no effect.
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125. She had the weather gauge
and a clear advantage in firepower.
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126. What is the weather gauge?
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127. - Shall I show you again, Stephen?
- Not on the cloth.
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128. It means she had the wind in her favor,
therefore control of the engagement.
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129. And she had longer guns,
so she could hit us beyond our range.
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130. The simple fact is we were soundly beaten.
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131. - Heavy frigate like that in the Pacific...
- Could tip the war in Napoleon's favor.
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132. By comparison, the Surprise
is a somewhat aged man-of-war.
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133. - Am I not correct?
- Would you call me an aged man of war?
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134. The Surprise is not old.
No one would call her old.
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135. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines.
She's a fine sea boat, weatherly, stiff and fast.
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136. Very fast, if she's well-handled.
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137. No, she's not old.
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138. She's in her prime.
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139. We can patch up the main and mizzen.
Foresail's gone, so we'll bend our spare.
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140. Mr Lamb is confident with basic repairs.
We can get home as we are.
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141. We're not going home.
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142. But to refit we need a port,
and the Acheron may be still looking for us.
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143. We can refit at sea.
Here, where it shoals.
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144. As you said, she is taking the war to
the South Seas. We are supposed to stop her.
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145. But, sir - with respect - she's a vastly
heavier ship. She's out of our class.
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146. She could be halfway to Cape Horn
by the time we're repaired.
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147. Well then, there's not a moment to lose.
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148. Is it true they put the last stitch
through your nose?
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149. What do you mean?
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150. Joe said when you die, they stitch you in your
hammock with the last stitch in your nose,
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151. just to make sure you're not asleep.
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152. Not through the nose. You'll tell them?
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153. It's all right.
It's just the laudanum speaking.
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154. I've never seen a braver patient.
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155. Poor darling.
Never mind, soon have you fixed up.
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156. I want good work now.
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157. I'll need two men into the starboard
forechannels. Roberts, Chadwick.
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158. That's nice work there.
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159. Repair won't do here.
I need these replaced.
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160. Mr Calamy. There's something
might interest you here.
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161. Look. The captain carved that.
When he was a mid, no more than your age.
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162. He's known this ship man and boy.
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163. He says there's enough of his blood in the
woodwork for the ship to almost be a relation.
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164. I do understand your point.
Your knowledge is beyond question.
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165. However, a week in the Brazilian rain forest
looking for a new mast simply will not do.
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166. The Acheron will be halfway to China.
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167. Mr Lamb, as always, will do his best. Which
is all I can hope to expect from any man.
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168. Is them his brains?
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169. No, that's just dried blood.
Those are his brains.
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170. Physician, he is.
Ain't one of your common surgeons.
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171. - Can I have the coin, please?
- Sir.
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172. He wouldn't look at you
for under ten guineas on land.
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173. And he knows his birds and beasts.
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174. You show him a beetle
and he'll tell you what it's thinking.
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175. Back to work, you loafers.
Eckhart, use your pipe.
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176. Let's get on with it, gentlemen.
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177. You're not a pennyweight of use
gawpin' here.
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178. Still hasn't said a word, sir.
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179. Lord Blakeney. Feeling better?
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180. Much better, thank you, sir.
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181. Well, good. Good.
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182. The doctor told me
you were fond of reading, so I...
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183. It has all of his major battles
and some fine illustrations.
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184. Thank you, sir.
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185. Did you ever meet Lord Nelson, sir?
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186. I had the honor of serving with him.
At the Nile. A great victory.
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187. You can find it in here, actually.
Page 135, if I'm not mistaken.
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188. Yes.
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189. May I beg you to tell me
what kind of man he is?
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190. You should read the book.
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191. I will, sir. Thank you.
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192. Here we go again.
Scrape-scrape, screech-screech.
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193. Never a tune you could dance to,
not if you were drunk as Davy's sow.
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194. How about this?
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195. Or are you in the mood
for something more aggressive?
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196. Salute.
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197. Hats off.
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198. What's all this about?
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199. - What's this?
- It's the phantom, sir.
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200. Excuse me. That's what the men call it.
It's the Acheron, sir.
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201. You see, Will here, he seen her being built.
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202. In Boston, sir. During the peace.
But she's Yankee-built, sir.
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203. He was getting married, and his wife's
second cousin works in the yards,
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204. so Will here saw the ship out of water.
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205. Sir, I saw there was something right strange
about her, so I asked Joe...
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206. So he described it to me
and I knocked you up a model, sir.
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207. - And this framing is accurate?
- Exactly accurate, sir.
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208. - Thank you, lads.
- Thank you, sir.
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209. Killick, an extra ration of rum for these men.
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210. Thank you very much, sir.
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211. - Which I was saving for Salutin' Day.
- We'll drink wine.
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212. Oh, drink wine on Salutin' Day.
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213. Bluff above the water and sharp below.
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214. Gives the hull a finer entry and a long run
as she goes aft. That's why she's so fast.
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215. Heavier, but fast despite it.
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216. That's the future.
What a fascinating modern age we live in.
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217. Planking and framing like that
would make her hull 2ft thick. Solid oak.
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218. That's why we couldn't dent her. She's
probably capable of making 12 to 14 knots.
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219. Now we know. Thank God for Warley
and his wife's second cousin.
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220. She could be doing up to 280 miles a day.
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221. Even if we did catch up with her,
I mean, to take her...
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222. She's out of our class.
She's a 44-gun ship.
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223. She's still vulnerable at the stern,
like the rest of us.
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224. Hello, darling. How much for a kiss?
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225. Quanto cost-o kiss-o?
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226. - Name?
- My name is Maria.
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227. Give us arrows. I give ax. Quick, mate.
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228. Thank you, mate.
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229. Gangway for the mail, please.
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230. Here we are. Very important mail. Letters.
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231. What's he saying?
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232. A large man-of-war, French, stopped here
on the 10th, then headed south.
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233. Somewhere here.
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234. A full three weeks ahead.
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235. Damn.
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236. All right, Tom, let's get all this squared away.
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237. Aye, sir. Mr Hollar.
Let us complete our business here.
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238. Hands, prepare to weigh anchor.
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239. Put that woman down, Slade. This is a ship
of His Majesty's Navy, not a floating bordello.
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240. All hands, get these provisions stowed.
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241. Well done.
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242. Gentlemen.
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243. To wives and to sweethearts.
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244. May they never meet.
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245. Mr Howard, the bottle.
The bottle stands by you, sir.
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246. Sir?
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247. Excuse me, sir, but Mr Blakeney said that
you served under Lord Nelson at the Nile.
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248. Indeed. I was a young lieutenant,
not much older than you are now.
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249. And Mr Pullings was
a sniveling midshipman,
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250. still yearning for hearth and home.
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251. Did you meet him, sir?
Can you tell me what he's like?
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252. I have had the honor
of dining with him twice.
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253. He spoke to me on both occasions.
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254. A master tactician
and a man of singular vision.
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255. He always said in battle "Never mind
the maneuvers, just go straight at 'em."
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256. Some would say not a great seaman,
but a great leader.
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257. He's England's only hope
if old Boney intends to invade.
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260. I shall never forget his words.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
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261. He leaned across the table,
he looked me straight in the eye,
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262. and he said "Aubrey,
may I trouble you for the salt?"
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263. I've always tried to say it
exactly as he did ever since.
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264. The second time,
the second time he told me a story
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265. about how someone offered him
a boat cloak on a cold night.
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266. And he said no, he didn't need it.
That he was quite warm.
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267. His zeal for king and country kept him warm.
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268. I know it sounds absurd,
and were it from another man,
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269. you'd cry out "What pitiful stuff"
and dismiss it as mere enthusiasm.
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270. But with Nelson,
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271. you felt your heart glow.
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272. - Wouldn't you say, Mr Pullings?
- You did indeed, sir.
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273. Well then, he would seem to be the exception
to the rule that authority corrupts.
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274. To Lord Nelson.
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276. I do.
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278. Neither. There's no difference between them.
They're the same species of curculio.
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280. If you were forced to make a choice.
If there was no other...
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281. Well then, if you're going to push me,
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282. I would choose the right-hand weevil.
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283. It has significant advantage
in both length and breadth.
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284. There, I have you.
You're completely dished.
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285. Do you not know that in the service one must
always choose the lesser of two weevils?
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286. He who would pun would pick a pocket.
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287. Really. Weevils.
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288. To the lesser of two weevils.
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289. Yay, Joe.
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290. Go on, Joe.
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291. The Lord taketh,
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292. and the Lord giveth away.
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293. You hear that? He said something.
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294. Doctor. He spoke, Doctor.
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295. Well done indeed, Stephen.
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296. Adieu to you Spanish ladies
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297. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain
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298. For we've received orders
to sail for old England
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299. We hope in a short time
to see you again
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300. What a wonderfully true voice
Mr Hollom possesses.
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301. Indeed.
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302. Come, all you bold young thoughtless men
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303. A warning take by me
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304. And never leave your happy homes
to sail the raging sea
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305. On deck there. Sail ho.
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306. Looks like a frigate.
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307. How did it get there?
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308. - We must turn and fight.
- But he has the weather gauge again.
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309. He must've been watching us
from some inlet.
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310. My God. What can we do?
He has us by the hip.
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311. Run like smoke and oakum.
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312. - We'll have to bend every sail.
- We'll put up our handkerchiefs if we have to.
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313. We must survive this day.
Let's get about it. Mr Allen, gentlemen.
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314. All hands, make sail.
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315. This is the second time he's done this to me.
There will not be a third.
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316. I tell ya, the devil's at the wheel
of that there phantom ship.
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317. You better hold fast.
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318. What is it with this man?
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319. Did I kill a relative of his in battle, perhaps?
His boy, God forbid?
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320. He fights like you, Jack.
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322. When its lower limb is touching the horizon...
Williamson, look to your sextant.
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323. When the orb is no longer rising,
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324. then it has reached its zenith
and that would be noon.
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325. - Sir?
- Mr Pullings.
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326. - Do you make noon, Mr Hollom?
- Yes, sir.
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327. Call noon. It's your class.
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328. - Sir, that's noon.
- Mr Nichols, make that twelve.
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329. Six hours?
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330. Five at most.
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331. Just keep us out of her reach until nightfall.
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332. She's to look like us, lads, don't forget.
Jibbo, make fast those whips.
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333. We didn't want to make it any taller,
on account of this wind.
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334. - Excuse me, sir, but what are they building?
- Your first command.
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335. Quickly. She'll be on top of us.
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336. Take the weight on the yard tackles.
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337. Fend her off.
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338. Lower away on the main.
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339. - Wouldn't want to lose you.
- Aye, sir.
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340. There's a painter. Pass her aft.
Outside everything, mind.
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341. Lively now.
We've not ten minutes before he's up with us.
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342. - Mind what the captain told you.
- Pull, boys. That's it.
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343. Now.
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344. Killick there. Douse your light.
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345. Mr Allen, make ready.
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346. Hello. We caught a fish.
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347. Take the helm, Bonden.
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348. - Now, tell me that wasn't fun.
- Yes, sir.
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349. Hard a'larboard.
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350. Stand the men down, Mr Pullings.
I'll take this watch.
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351. Aye, sir.
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352. Mr Mowett, Mr Allen, calmly now.
You know his orders.
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353. Well done, sir.
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354. She's a right phantom, she is. The way
she come up again, right behind us like that.
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355. Out of nowhere. And right behind us.
Like that first time, out the fog.
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356. With our shot bouncin' off her.
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357. Captain's not called Lucky Jack for no reason.
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358. Phantom or no, she's a privateer,
and Lucky Jack'll have her.
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359. You need more than luck 'gainst a phantom.
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360. - Is she like a pirate?
- No, they're not pirates, Lofty.
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361. Oh, no. If they were,
we could hang them when we catch 'em.
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362. Privateer gets a piece of paper
from the Frenchies
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363. says they can hunt down
anything with our flag.
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364. They go after rich merchantmen and the like.
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365. But think on our share of the prize money.
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366. She'll be loaded with gold
and ambergris and all the gems of Araby.
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367. That's all very well, Nagle.
Got to get home to spend it, but.
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368. Never met a dead man
who bought me a drink.
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369. And I've never met a live one
that you bought one for, neither.
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370. Sitting up all night, catching your death
of cold. That's the last of the coffee, too.
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371. Thank you, Killick.
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372. Bonden.
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373. That's enough easting.
Set a course sou'-sou'west.
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374. Aye, sir. Sou'-sou'west.
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375. Sail.
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376. Two points off starboard bow.
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377. Three cheers for Lucky Jack.
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378. She's ours, boys.
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379. Foul. You got away before me.
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380. - Set royals and courses.
- Sir.
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381. Have the idlers placed along the rails.
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382. I've never seen the like.
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383. It has to be more than 100 sea miles
and he brings us up on his tail.
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384. That's seamanship, Mr Pullings.
My God, that's seamanship.
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385. Told you it would work, Will.
We'll have them by nightfall.
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386. - I think we've got him, sir.
- And the wind favors us this time.
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387. Don't count your eggs
before they're in the pudding.
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388. Still, if we can close this gap
and get up behind her, she may well be ours.
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389. Touch wood. Scratch a stay.
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390. Turn three times.
May the Lord and saints preserve us.
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391. Turn.
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392. Move along, man.
We'll have lost him before you rig it up.
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393. Hold.
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394. - 12 knots, sir.
- That's 12 knots. That's good.
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395. I want more. Have all the spare hands
placed on the windward rail.
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396. Mr Hollar. Rouse up the off-watch.
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397. All hands on starboard rail.
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398. Come up the larboard topsail sheets.
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399. - We're crackin' on.
- We'll be crackin' up if he don't watch it.
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400. Captain knows this ship.
He knows what she can take.
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401. Mr Hollar, I want lifelines fore and aft.
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402. No lounging, boy.
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403. Lifelines, fore and aft.
Double-grape that launch.
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404. Cape Horn, Doctor.
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405. Close the lid.
There's enough water in the grog.
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406. Thank you for that, Davies.
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407. Reckon the captain will follow him
round the Horn, every stitch of canvas flying?
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408. I reckon he'd follow him to the gates of hell.
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409. It's a devil ship, I tell ya.
And it's leadin' us right into a trap.
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410. She's making a run for the Horn, sir.
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411. I'll not vouch for this mast.
Not around the Horn.
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412. Thank you. Your comments
will be noted in the log.
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413. Sail trimmers to their stations.
Get the sails off her, lads. She's over-pressed.
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414. Give 'em a pull and belay.
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415. We're closing on her, Tom.
I'll not give up now.
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416. Come up on the wind, Barret.
Set a course sou'west by west.
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417. Sou'west by west, sir.
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418. Mr Calamy.
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419. Idlers and waisters below.
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420. We're for the Horn, boys.
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421. Close reef topsails.
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422. Lively, lads.
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423. Batten down those hatches
before we're on the bottom.
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424. Johansson, Truelove. To the mizzen.
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425. All secure.
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426. Down ye go, lads.
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427. Mr Hollom, help young Warley
on the mizzen topgallant.
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428. - I'll need more men, sir.
- Yes. Go.
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429. Mr Hollom, sir. Help me.
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430. Tudor, Ellers. To Mr Allen.
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431. You men, lay aloft.
The mizzen topgallant. Light along.
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432. Help.
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433. Help me.
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434. Man overboard.
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435. Mizzen's gone. Hands to the taffrail.
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436. He's over there, sir.
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437. Swim for the wreckage, man. Swim.
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438. Over here.
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439. Mr Allen, gratings and barrels,
anything that floats, overboard.
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440. She's broaching. We're losing her.
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441. Sir, the wreckage is acting as a sea anchor.
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442. We must cut it loose.
It's going to sink us.
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443. Sir, he's going to make it. He can do it.
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444. - Come on, Will.
- Come on. Hand over hand.
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445. For God's sake, Will, swim.
Swim for the wreckage, Will.
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446. You can do it, Will.
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447. - Swim. Come on.
- Come on, Will. Swim.
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448. - He's been at it again.
- Who's that, then?
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449. - The Jonah.
- What's that?
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450. The deaths in actual battle
are the easiest to bear.
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451. For my own part, those who die under my
knife, or from some subsequent infection,
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452. I have to remind myself that it was
the enemy that killed them, not me.
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453. That young man was a casualty of war.
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454. As you said yourself,
you have to choose the lesser of two evils.
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455. Weevils.
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456. The crew will take it badly.
Warley was popular.
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457. Have they expressed
any feelings on the matter to you?
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458. Jack, before answering,
I'm compelled to ask,
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459. am I speaking with my old friend
or to the ship's captain?
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460. To the captain I'd say
there's little I detest more than an informer.
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461. - Now you're talking like an Irishman.
- I am an Irishman.
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462. As a friend, then.
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463. As a friend, I would say that I have never once
doubted your abilities as a captain.
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464. Speak plainly, Stephen.
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465. Perhaps we should have
turned back weeks ago.
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466. The men, of course
they would follow Lucky Jack anywhere,
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467. rightfully confident of victory.
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468. But therein lies the problem.
You're not accustomed to defeat.
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469. And chasing this larger, faster ship with
its long guns is beginning to smack of pride.
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470. It's not a question of pride.
It is a question of duty.
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471. Duty. Yes, I've heard it well spoken of.
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472. Be as satiric as you like. Viewing the world
through a microscope is your prerogative.
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473. This is a ship of war. I will grind whatever
grist the mill requires to fulfill my duty.
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474. Whatever the cost?
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475. Whatever the cost.
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476. To follow orders with no regard for cost.
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477. Can you really claim there's
nothing personal in this call to duty?
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478. Orders are subject
to the requirement of the service.
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479. My orders were to follow him as far as Brazil.
I exceeded my orders a long time ago.
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480. Got it.
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481. The wind's backing, sir.
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482. Sir, we just can't hold
this westerly course any longer.
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483. If we can't sail through the damn wind, Tom,
we'll bloody well sail around it. Due south.
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484. How far south, sir?
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485. As far as is necessary, Mr Pullings.
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486. - Aye, sir.
- Lively.
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487. - Due south, please, Mr Bonden.
- Due south, sir.
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488. Heave. Steady.
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489. Clearly something nautical and fascinating
just happened. I am at a loss.
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490. We have made our turn northward.
We are headed back toward the sun.
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491. To the sun.
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492. And by way of anticipation of this event,
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493. I have asked Killick
to prepare something special.
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494. - Killick. Killick there.
- I'm already here, ain't I?
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495. Gentlemen, I give you,
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496. our destination.
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497. - It's the Galapagos Islands.
- The Galapagos Islands.
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498. Our whaling fleet is there.
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499. And their cargo would put a pretty penny
into old Bones-aparte's invasion purse.
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500. That's where the Acheron will be.
Sure as there's carts to horses.
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501. So, Mr Pullings, if you'll permit me,
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502. a slice of Albemarle.
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503. And for you, Doctor, Redondo Rock.
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504. Perfect.
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505. And the Acheron for me.
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506. Safe and sound at home again
Let the waters roar, Jack
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507. Safe and sound at home again
Let the waters roar, Jack
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508. Long we tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
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509. Don't forget your old shipmates
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510. We have worked the selfsame gun
Quarterdeck division
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511. Sponger I, and loader you
Through the whole commission
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512. Long we tossed on the rolling main
Now we're safe ashore, Jack
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513. Don't forget your old shipmates
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514. The Enchanted Isles. They're said
to be full of strange and wonderful beasts.
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515. When we get there,
we'll have to stop for food and water.
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516. I promise you, during that time -
several days at least -
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517. you can wander at will, collecting bugs
and beetles to your heart's content.
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518. You'll be the first naturalist
to set foot on the islands, I'll wager.
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519. I would like that of all things.
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520. - Is it an insect?
- Yes.
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521. Doesn't look like one.
I mean, it looks like a stick.
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522. Yes, that's the whole point.
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523. It's disguised itself in order to survive.
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524. There's a spider
that's disguised itself as an ant.
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525. And here's an insect that's taken on the shape
of a thorn to save itself from the birds.
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526. Did God make them change?
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527. Does God make them change?
Yes, certainly.
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528. But do they also change themselves?
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529. Now that is a question, isn't it?
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530. Sir, we've raised the Galapagos.
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531. I'm coming.
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532. - Look. Beyond the rock.
- Yes, I see.
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533. What is it? Curious, eh?
Some type of gull?
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534. - There's an ugly devil.
- Disgusting. It's got warts all over it.
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535. Ugly devils, aren't they?
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536. I can't see any women.
Just ducks and lizards.
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537. What, no women? It ain't natural.
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538. How extraordinary.
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539. What is, sir?
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540. Those birds. They're a species of cormorant,
but they are flightless.
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541. Do you see their underdeveloped wings?
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542. By all that's holy,
I think that's unknown to science.
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543. The dragons don't seem to bother them.
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544. They're a type of iguana, I should think.
Therefore, they're vegetarian.
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545. - Will you catch one?
- A pair of them, I should think.
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546. Then you can present
one of their offspring to the king.
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547. - Look. There's one going for a swim.
- Iguanas don't swim.
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548. These ones do.
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549. I'll be damned.
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550. Two new species in as many minutes.
That's remarkable.
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551. All hands about ship. Off tacks and sheets.
Prepare the mainsail to haul.
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552. - Aubrey.
- Hogg. Master of the Albatross.
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553. God bless you, Captain.
God bless you all.
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554. - Mr Calamy, food and water for these men.
- Aye, sir.
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555. - Mr Howard, stand your men down.
- Royal Marines, trail arms.
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556. We was coming back for fresh lines
no more than a week ago.
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557. Hid in that inlet yonder. Burnt our bloody
ship to the waterline. Fucking pirates.
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558. Crew prisoner, captain dead.
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559. She were a big black three-master.
Break your heart, it would.
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560. $12,000 sterling of the finest grade oil they
took. We been out more than two years.
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561. And her course?
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562. Maybe a point south of west,
following the rest of the fleet.
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563. Mr Pullings, enter these men's names
into the ship's books.
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564. Mr Allen, set a course. West by south.
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565. All hands, make sail.
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566. Sir, should we not take on fresh provisions?
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567. Mr Mowett, there's not a moment to lose.
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568. - Have you forgotten your promise?
- Subject to the requirements of the service.
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569. I cannot delay for the sake
of an iguana or a giant peccary.
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570. Fascinating, no doubt,
but of no immediate application.
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571. There is, I think, an opportunity here
to serve both our purposes.
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572. As I understand it, this is a long, thin island.
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573. You need to sail around it.
I could walk across it.
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574. I have known you to spend hours
staring into a deserted bird's nest.
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575. I could walk briskly, pausing only
for important measurements.
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576. Making discoveries that could advance
our knowledge of natural history.
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577. If wind and tide had been against us,
I should have said yes.
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578. They're not. I'm obliged to say no.
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579. I see. So after all this time in your service,
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580. I must simply content myself
to form part of this belligerent expedition,
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581. hurry past wonders, bent on destruction.
I say nothing of the corruption of power...
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582. - You forget yourself, Doctor.
- No, Jack.
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583. You've forgotten yourself. For my part,
I look upon a promise as binding.
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584. The promise was conditional.
I command a king's ship, not a private yacht.
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585. We do not have time for
your damned hobbies, sir.
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586. All right.
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587. Get those fish below.
Sluice down this deck.
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588. Davies, don't leave them there.
Get them below.
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589. Mr Blakeney.
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590. Sir, I found a curious beetle
walking along the deck.
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591. I think it's a Galapagos beetle.
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592. I'm sure of it.
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593. Were you to walk all day on the island,
you might never come across it.
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594. Yes, that is more than likely sure.
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595. You can have it, sir.
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596. Mr Blakeney.
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597. - Thank you.
- Sir.
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598. Last gun fired, sir.
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599. - Timing?
- Two minutes and one second, sir.
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600. Lads, that's not good enough.
We need to fire two broadsides to her one.
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601. - Want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly?
- No.
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602. - Do you want to call Napoleon your king?
- No.
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603. - Want your children to sing The Marseillaise?
- No.
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604. Mr Mowett, Mr Pullings, starboard battery.
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605. Jump to it, lads. Cadence and rhythm.
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606. - Mark your targets.
- Come on, lads, faster now.
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607. Come on, swab it.
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608. Heave.
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609. - Report, Mr Mowett.
- Third and fourth divisions ready.
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610. Right. Starboard battery, fire!
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611. One minute and ten seconds.
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612. Well done, lads.
Extra grog for all of you.
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613. Gangway for the captain, lads.
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614. Marked improvement, Mr Calamy. Well done.
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615. Thank you, sir.
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616. Killick. Killick there.
What do you have for us tonight?
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617. Which it's soused hog's face.
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618. - Which it is soused hog's face.
- My favorite.
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619. And when they run, the Surprise
will blow her to kingdom come.
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620. One more week of this and
they'd give it up for a cup of water.
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621. I can't make it rain.
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622. I can harness the wind,
but I ain't its goddamn creator.
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623. I have never known such a run of bad luck.
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624. "And they said unto him
'For what caused the evil?"'
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625. Where'd that come from?
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626. It's from the Bible, that. That is
from the Bible. The story of the Jonah.
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627. They found out on their ship
that one of their men - this Jonah cove -
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628. he'd offended God
and was the cause of all their bad luck.
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629. Evil comes from him
who evil thinks and evil is.
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630. No. Joe knows a thing or two about evil.
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631. From personal experience. Right, Joe?
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632. It's like Killick says. Morning of the battle,
he doesn't have the guts to beat to quarters.
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633. Then his entire gun crew's killed.
Soon as he went up the mizzen, Will falls.
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634. And whose watch was it
when we lost our wind?
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635. You there. Stand fast.
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636. Master-at-arms, take that man below
and clap him in irons.
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637. Mr Pullings, defaulters at eight bells.
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638. Aye, sir.
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639. Bring Hollom down to my cabin.
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640. A man pushed past you,
yet you said nothing. Why?
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641. I intended to, sir, but the right words didn't...
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642. The right words?
He was deliberately insubordinate.
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643. I've tried to get to know the men, sir,
and be friendly,
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644. but they've taken a set against me.
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645. Always whispering when I go past
and giving me looks.
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646. I'll set that to rights.
I'll be much tougher on them.
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647. You don't make friends
with the foremastjacks, lad.
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648. They'll despise you in the end,
think you weak.
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649. - Nor do you need to be a tyrant.
- No, sir.
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650. I'm very sorry, sir.
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651. - You're 26? 27?
- I'm 30 next Friday, sir.
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652. 30?
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653. You've failed to pass for lieutenant twice.
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654. I know you have, but you're not a bad sailor.
You can't spend your life a midshipman.
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655. No, sir. I will try much harder, sir.
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656. Look, Hollom, it's leadership they want.
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657. Strength.
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658. You find that within yourself,
and you will earn their respect.
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659. Without respect,
true discipline goes by the board.
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660. Yes, sir.
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661. Strength, respect and discipline, sir.
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662. It's an unfortunate business, Hollom.
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663. Damned unfortunate.
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664. - That'll be all.
- Yes, sir.
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665. - I am not a flogging captain.
- Hollom is a scapegoat for all the bad luck,
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666. real or imagined, on this voyage.
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667. Mr Lamb? If you please.
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668. They're exhausted.
These men are exhausted.
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669. You've pushed them too hard.
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670. Stephen, I invite you
to this cabin as my friend.
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671. Not to criticize nor to comment
on my command.
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672. Shall I leave you until you're in
a more harmonious frame of mind?
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673. - What would you have me do?
- Tip the ship's grog over the side.
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674. - Stop their grog?
- Nagle was drunk when he insulted Hollom.
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675. Stop 200 years of privilege and tradition.
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676. I'd rather have them three sheets to the wind
than face a mutiny.
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677. I'm rather understanding of mutinies.
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678. Men pressed from their homes, confined
for months aboard a wooden prison...
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679. I respect your right to disagree with me,
but I can only afford one rebel on this ship.
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680. I hate it when you talk of the service
in this way. It makes me so very low.
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681. You think I want to flog Nagle?
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682. A man who hacked the ropes
that sent his mate to his death?
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683. Under my orders?
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684. Do you not see? The only things that keep
this wooden world together are hard work...
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685. Jack, the man failed to salute.
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686. There's hierarchies even in nature.
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687. - There is no disdain in nature. There is no...
- Men must be governed.
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688. Often not wisely, but governed nonetheless.
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689. That's the excuse of every tyrant in history,
from Nero to Bonaparte.
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690. I, for one, am opposed to authority.
It is an egg of misery and oppression.
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691. You've come to the wrong shop
for anarchy, brother.
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692. Four.
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693. Five.
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694. Six.
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695. Seven.
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696. Eight.
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697. Nine.
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698. Ten.
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699. Eleven.
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700. Twelve.
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701. Cut him down.
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702. Not so loud.
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703. Put that dirk down, Boyle.
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704. You OK, Mr Hollom?
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705. - He's not ill, just dodging work as usual.
- Shut up.
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706. - You shut up.
- Just leave him be.
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707. - Have some water.
- Thank you.
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708. Sir, it's Mr Hollom.
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709. There's nothing physically wrong with him.
He thinks he's been cursed.
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710. Sailors can abide a great deal,
but not a Jonah.
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711. My God. You believe it too.
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712. Not everything is in your books, Stephen.
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713. It's him, innit?
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714. The Jonah.
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715. He's causing it.
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716. He's callin' it up, don't you see?
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717. Every time he's on watch, that ship appears.
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718. You wait and see.
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719. Anytime tonight,
that ghost ship's gonna turn up.
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720. And it's gonna take us all with it,
straight down to the hot place.
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721. Mr Hollom.
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722. You gave me such a start.
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723. Are you feeling better now?
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724. Yes. Much better, thank you.
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725. The captain thinks
we'll get our wind tomorrow.
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726. I'm sure of it.
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727. You've always been very kind to me.
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728. Goodbye, Blakeney.
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729. The simple truth is, not all of us become
the men we once hoped we might be.
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730. But we are all God's creatures.
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731. If there are those among us
who thought ill of Mr Hollom,
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732. or spoke ill of him,
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733. or failed him in respect of fellowship,
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734. then we ask for your forgiveness, Lord.
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735. And we ask for his.
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736. God be praised. Mr Mowett?
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737. Avast there.
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738. - Doctor, have you seen the bird?
- What sort of bird?
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739. Some sort of albatross. Either that, or
he's a prodigious great mew. There it goes.
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740. There he is. My bird. Damn.
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741. It's circling, lads.
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742. Doctor?
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743. My God. Doctor.
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744. I'm so sorry, man.
The bird dropped low. I didn't see you.
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745. - Calamy, get Higgins.
- I'm fine, Jack.
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746. The bullet took in a piece of shirt with it.
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747. Unless it's removed,
it's gonna suppurate and fester.
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748. Are you equal to the task?
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749. I'll need to read up on the doctor's books.
Study some pictures he has.
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750. Study some pictures?
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751. It's just to get my bearings, that's all.
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752. It'd be a lot easier if I were on dry land.
You wouldn't have the...
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753. I'll manage. You'll see.
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754. Sail on the horizon, sir. Running west.
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755. We're not sure, but we think it's her, sir.
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756. Better get...
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757. Goodbye, sir.
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758. No mistakin' it. She's the Frenchie.
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759. Shall we beat to quarters, sir?
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760. Tell me this wasn't on my account.
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761. No, not at all.
I just needed to stretch my legs.
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762. Gently there.
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763. Briskly now. Secure this line.
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764. Royal Marines posted every 20 yards, sir.
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765. - All set, Higgins?
- Yes, sir.
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766. No.
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767. I do this with my own hand.
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768. If everything is under control,
I'll just be outside.
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769. A spare pair of steady hands
wouldn't go amiss.
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770. That is, if, of course, you have
the constitution for this kind of thing.
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771. My dear doctor, I have been amongst
and around wounds all my life.
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772. Good, then.
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773. Put your hand on my belly,
pressing firmly when I give the word.
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774. Higgins, the catling, if you please.
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775. Padeen, please.
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776. The sounder, Mr Higgins.
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777. Swab.
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778. All right.
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779. Mr Higgins, you'll have to raise the rib.
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780. Take a good grip with the square retractor.
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781. Right in.
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782. And lift up.
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783. Lift up.
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784. Swab, Jack. I can't see.
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785. Are you all right?
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786. I got it.
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787. A tad more pressure.
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788. - Is that all of it?
- Aye, sir.
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789. She'll patch up nicely.
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790. Thank God I got it.
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791. That's good.
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792. Sir.
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793. - Padeen and I have been collecting for you.
- Have you really?
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794. The beetles each come with a specimen
of the plant they were found on.
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795. Padeen, that one's got away.
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796. Sir, I've made a few notes,
if you want to see them.
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797. Mr Blakeney, it would appear that
you have the makings of a naturalist.
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798. Perhaps I could combine them to be
a sort of fighting naturalist, like you, sir.
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799. They don't combine too well, I find.
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800. Right.
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801. Should you really be getting up, sir?
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802. - Mr Blakeney, are you also a doctor?
- No, sir.
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803. No, you're not. Padeen, if you please.
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804. How long does the captain
intend that we stay? Do you know?
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805. - Oh, a week perhaps.
- A week?
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806. - There's no great hurry.
- Mustn't we make haste for the Marquesas?
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807. I'm not even sure
it was the Acheron we sighted.
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808. And if it was, she'll be well away by now.
Like looking for an honest man in parliament.
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809. No, we shall head home. Before peace
breaks out with France, God forbid.
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810. I fear you may have burdened me
with a debt I can never repay.
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811. Tosh. Name a shrub after me.
Something prickly and hard to eradicate.
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812. A shrub? Nonsense.
I'll name a great tortoise after you.
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813. Testudo aubreii.
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814. Come on, pack up your things.
We should be going.
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815. - Back to camp, sir?
- No, to the other side of the island.
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816. - But, sir, that must be at least ten miles.
- Then there's not a moment to lose.
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817. That's where I saw my flightless cormorant.
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818. Come on.
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819. Seven inches in length.
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820. Four inches wide.
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821. 15-inches-long neck.
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822. Width at the widest point, six inches.
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823. Padeen, put the net down
and use your hands. They won't bite.
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824. Here's a good one.
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825. Pick them up carefully.
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826. Sir, I think we should be getting back.
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827. Naval discipline doesn't operate out here,
Mr Blakeney. I must find that cormorant.
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828. And should it indeed prove flightless,
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829. you can join me at the Royal Society dinner
as co-discoverer.
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830. Mr Blakeney.
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831. Sir, we must hurry.
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832. Padeen, you must carry him. Put those down.
Leave them. Just put everything down.
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833. Open the cages.
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834. - All hands, unmoor ship.
- Mr Allen, I'll have her on a starboard tack.
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835. Let's have hands to stow these tortoises.
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836. Barret Bonden,
put your helm hard to starboard.
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837. He has a head start of two hours on us
and he's bearing south.
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838. That can only mean King Charles Island.
He's looking for water.
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839. If we caught up with her, to take her,
we'd have to be bloody invisible.
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840. Brace the yards to starboard.
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841. So, Stephen, did you get to see your bird?
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842. No. Well, yes, but I couldn't catch one.
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843. My greatest discovery was your phantom.
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844. Indeed it was. I'm sorry you had to leave
the majority of your collection behind.
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845. In actual fact, Mr Blakeney and I
did make one very interesting find.
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846. Is that right?
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847. Let me guess. A stick?
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848. Tell him about it, Mr Blakeney.
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849. - It's a rare phasmid, sir.
- A phasmid?
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850. It's an insect that disguises itself as a stick
in order to confuse its predators.
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851. A nautical phasmid, Doctor.
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852. At least, to a hungry eye,
if one has an appetite for whalers.
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853. I intend to take a greater interest
in the bounty of nature from now on.
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854. I had no idea that a study of nature
could advance the art of naval warfare.
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855. I see.
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856. Now to pull this predator in close
and spring our trap.
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857. - Jack?
- Yes.
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858. You're the predator.
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859. There. Hull-down,
broad off the larboard bow.
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860. That's a frigate, all right.
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861. Damn, you've got good eyes, Barret.
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862. - Mr Allen. More smoke.
- Aye, sir.
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863. That'll bring 'em about.
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864. That's it, lads. Clean 'em up
so they fly straight and true.
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865. Let's have fresh flints in all the locks.
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866. Larboard battery,
unship your rear wheels.
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867. Drop the gun.
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868. - Come on, Killick, you too. Get dressed.
- Oh, God.
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869. - Tom?
- Our preparations are completed, sir.
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870. Good. Right, from now on
no "sirs," no salutes, no whistles, no bells.
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871. Aye, sir.
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872. Yes, I think we're all
finding that quite difficult.
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873. There'll be 30 or more whalers
locked in the Acheron's hold.
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874. After we board, Mr Calamy
should take a party and free them.
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875. - You think him ready, sir?
- Were you ready, Tom?
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876. - He may well turn the tide.
- Indeed, sir.
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877. She's taken the bait. Let's come about.
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878. Make a show of fleeing, panicky
and disorganized, like a whaler might.
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879. Present company excepted, Mr Hogg.
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880. Hurry up, or they'll see you.
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881. Eckhart, leave that. Just come up quick
and get some whaler's slops on.
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882. - Congratulations. Acting third lieutenant.
- Thank you.
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883. - I hear we're to free the whalers.
- You're to be stationed on the quarterdeck.
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884. I'm sorry, Will.
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885. Make a bad show of keeping your course.
Let her run up and luff every now and then.
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886. - Excuse me, sir.
- Remove your hat. We're whalers.
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887. Mr Calamy says I'm not
on the boarding party. I want to say...
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888. I know what you want to say.
And my answer is no.
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889. You'll lead your gun crew, then when
we board, you'll take command of the ship.
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890. - Do I make myself clear?
- Take command of the ship? Thank you, sir.
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891. - Back to your station.
- Yes, sir.
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892. On your right upper arm,
to tell friend from foe.
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893. Davies, this arm. Starboard arm.
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894. - Is that the arm you got or don't got?
- Less of that cheek, Davies.
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895. Take your neck cloths
and put them round your right upper arm.
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896. Make way for the captain.
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897. Congratulations, Lieutenant.
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898. Right, lads.
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899. I know there's not a faint heart among you,
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900. and I know you're as anxious as I am
to get into close action.
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901. But we must bring him right up beside us
before we spring this trap.
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902. That will test our nerve.
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903. And discipline will count
just as much as courage.
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904. The Acheron is a tough nut to crack.
More than twice our guns and numbers.
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905. And they will sell their lives dearly.
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906. Topmen, your handling of the sheets
to be lubberly and un-navylike,
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907. until the signal
to spill the wind from our sails.
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908. This will bring us almost to a complete stop.
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909. Gun crews, you must run out and tie down
in double-quick time.
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910. With the rear wheels removed you've gained
elevation, but without recoil you can't reload.
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911. So, gun captains, that gives you one shot
from the larboard battery. One shot only.
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912. You'll fire for her mainmast.
Much will depend on your accuracy.
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913. However, even crippled she will still
be dangerous, like a wounded beast.
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914. Captain Howard and the marines
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915. will sweep their weather deck with swivel gun
and musket fire from the tops.
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916. They'll try and even the odds for us
before we board.
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917. They mean to take us as a prize.
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918. And we are worth more to them undamaged.
Their greed will be their downfall.
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919. England is under threat of invasion.
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920. And though we be on the far side
of the world, this ship is our home.
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921. This ship is England.
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922. So it's every hand to his rope or gun.
Quick's the word and sharp's the action.
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923. After all, surprise is on our side.
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924. - Toss them high so they can see them.
- Hello, Doctor.
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925. Jack.
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926. - Care for a cigar?
- Thank you, no.
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927. If you please, Doctor.
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928. - I took the liberty, Doctor.
- Thank you, Killick.
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929. - There's three lumps in there.
- How kind.
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930. - Good luck, Will.
- Good luck, Peter.
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931. - See you afterwards.
- And you.
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932. Steady now, lads. Keep calm.
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933. English whaler Syren, this is Acheron.
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934. - Barret.
- Sir.
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935. You have no possibility, no chance.
But you have had warning.
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936. Stop now, or we will destroy your ship.
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937. English whaler, this is your last warning.
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938. Stop now, or we will destroy you.
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939. Let fly!
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940. Haul your yards there.
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941. Run out, boys.
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942. Fire!
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943. Fire!
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944. For the mainmast, lads.
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945. - Let me through.
- Fire!
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946. Hard a-larboard.
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947. Right the headsails. Set the topsails.
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948. Heave.
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949. Man the starboard battery.
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950. Fire as she bears.
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951. Get to it.
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952. It's the fallen mast. We can't lay alongside.
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953. Cross the wreckage as best you can.
I'll draw their fire.
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954. - My division to join Mr Pullings.
- Clew up topsails.
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955. Huzzah for Lucky Jack.
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956. Grappling hooks away.
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957. Run out the boarding planks.
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958. - My division, follow me.
- For England, for home, and for the prize.
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959. Here we go, lads.
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960. Pipe down. Silence.
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961. Looks like the job is done, sir.
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962. Acheron.
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963. Fire!
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964. Mr Blakeney, the nine-pounder.
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965. That's it.
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966. Fire!
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967. Keep moving, men. Keep moving.
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968. Joe.
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969. Grenades, ready.
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970. They're aiming for our hull.
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971. They could sink us. Depress the muzzle.
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972. Padeen, train it aft.
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973. Together now.
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974. Stand clear.
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975. Fire!
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976. Arm yourselves. We must board them.
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977. Follow me.
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978. Now.
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979. Whalers, follow me.
Mr Hogg, down below. Quickly now.
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980. Albatrosses. Albatrosses, do you hear me?
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981. To the guns.
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982. Boyle, douse that gun's priming.
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983. Lively there. Come on. Move.
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984. Now do your worst.
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985. - Mr Howard.
- Sir.
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986. - Have they struck their colors?
- I believe so.
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987. - Has their captain been sighted?
- Not yet, sir.
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988. - Carry on.
- Aye, sir.
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989. Docteur de Vigny, monsieur.
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990. I did what I could for him.
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991. Before the capitaine died,
he said I was to give you this.
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992. No. I'll do it.
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993. Can you help me?
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994. Our Father,
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995. who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
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996. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
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997. on earth as it is in heaven.
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998. Give us this day our daily bread,
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999. and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
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1000. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
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1001. For thine is the kingdom,
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1002. the power and the glory,
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1003. forever and ever.
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1004. Amen.
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1005. Robert Gardner, able seaman.
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1006. James Lloyd, boatswain's mate.
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1007. Robert Kemp, able seaman.
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1008. John Antonio, quartermaster's mate.
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1009. Michael Doudle, able seaman.
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1010. Joseph Nagle, carpenter's mate.
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1011. John Allen, sailing master.
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1012. Peter Miles Calamy,
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1013. lieutenant.
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1014. We therefore commit
their bodies to the deep,
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1015. to be turned into corruption,
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1016. looking for the resurrection of the body
when the sea shall give up her dead,
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1017. and the life of the world to come,
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1018. through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1019. Amen.
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1020. It's our old friend.
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1021. Pass down a barrel of paint, please.
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1022. Sir, the whalers are all aboard
and that's the last detachment of marines.
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1023. Good.
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1024. I think I shall return to the Galapagos.
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1025. Take on food and water and give
the doctor a few days to find his bird.
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1026. Very good, sir.
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1027. You, however,
shall take the Acheron south to Valparaiso.
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1028. Parole the prisoners there, refit as necessary,
and we shall rendezvous in Portsmouth.
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1029. I believe Mr Hogg
would be a good choice for sailing master.
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1030. However, that will be your decision,
Captain Pullings.
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1031. Your orders.
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1032. - Thank you, sir.
- Godspeed, Tom.
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1033. And to you, sir.
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1034. - Mr Mowett?
- With pleasure, sir.
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1035. - Good luck.
- See you in Portsmouth.
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1036. Now, lads, huzzah for Captain Pullings.
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1037. - Good luck, sir.
- Good luck, Captain.
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1038. Here we go again.
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1039. Killick. Killick there.
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1040. Which it will be ready when it's ready.
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1041. I'll rest easier when I know
they've reached shore.
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1042. So many wounded, and only that poor
unfortunate Higgins to tend to them.
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1043. Still, he's better than no doctor at all.
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1044. - I met their doctor. I spoke to him.
- No, he died of fever months ago.
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1045. De Vigny?
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1046. - Pass the word for Mr Mowett.
- Mr Mowett to the great cabin.
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1047. Their "doctor" gave me this sword.
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1048. Sir.
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1049. Mr Mowett, change of course.
Southeast by east.
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1050. We'll intercept the Acheron
and escort them into Valparaiso.
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1051. Aye, sir. Sou'east by east.
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1052. - And William.
- Sir?
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1053. - Beat to quarters.
- Very good, sir.
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1054. Subject to the requirements of the service.
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1055. Well, Stephen, the bird's flightless?
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1056. Yes.
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1057. It's not going anywhere.
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