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Springhaven

Chapter 5 OPINION, MALE AND FEMALE

Word Count: 1778    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

is to our credit or theirs; whereas their proper business is to cure the fish they have caught, instead of asking how they caught them. Mr. Twemlow had sense enough

en against every veal pie and every loin of pork. Because in the church there would be seen this day (as the servants at the Hall told every one) the man whom no Englishman could behold without pride, and no Frenchman with it-the victor

h a windowful of bull's-eyes upon him, and was surprised to see stars by daylight), but the glint of his jewels and glow of his gold diverted no eye from the calm, sad face which in the day of battle could outflash them all. That sensitive, mild, complaisant face (hum

the village, put this conclusion into better English, when Mrs. Shank

ry night the Lord seeth good for it. I would sooner have found hoppers in the best ham in the shop than have gone to church so to delude myself. But there! that Cheeseman would make me do it. I did believe as we had somebody fit to do battle for us against Boney, and I laughed abou

nks quite agr

self-'why, my poor John, as is now in heaven, poor fellow, would 'a took you up with one hand, my lord, stars a

as different, because they k

es out of twenty. But any one with a fork to his leg can see the sort of stuff he is made of. He 'tended his duty in the house of the Lord, and he wouldn't look after the women; but he kept

sals, according to his manner, taking no trouble to regard the women-which debarred them from thinking much of him-but settling with a steady gaze at each sea-faring man, whether he was made of good stuff or

her father's table, for the Admiral had long been a widower. "The finest I have seen on the south coast anywhere. And t

could get them to believe for a moment that there was any danger of invasion. And they carried on all their fishing business almost a

at any rate very little. As to the Boulogne affair, Springhaven was quite right. There was never much danger of invasion. I only wish

brother Johnny had nicknamed him. "Why, if there was always peace, what on earth would any but very low people f

sister Faith replied, with the superior mind of twenty-o

ers." Then Dolly (whose name was "Horatia" only in presence of her great godfather)

ed to know or remember all the little particulars of our race. We are four, as you know; and the elder two are peaceful, while the younger pair are warlike. And I am to be the 'nasty law

se about me! You told a great sto

attle, but henceforth will do so; but I never shall afford her that gratificat

the table. "Nobody pays much attention to him, because he does not mean a word of it. He belongs to the peace-peace-peace-at-any-pr

looking at Frank Darling with undisguised disgust. "My young friend,

Faith, "never tries to be a fool, Lo

hair with the lightness of a boy, and went round to Frank Darling, with his thin figure leaning forward, and his gray unpowdere

n't look at things as I do. Poets are almost as good as sailors, and a great deal better than soldiers. I have felt a gift that way

who never knew the fear of men, helped largely to produce t

ubit higher than the mighty captain-"it is good for the world tha

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1 Chapter 1 WHEN THE SHIP COMES HOME2 Chapter 2 WITH HER CREW AND CARGO3 Chapter 3 AND HER TRUE COMMANDER4 Chapter 4 AND HER FAITHFUL CHAPLAIN5 Chapter 5 OPINION, MALE AND FEMALE6 Chapter 6 AS OTHERS SEE US7 Chapter 7 A SQUADRON IN THE DOWNS8 Chapter 8 A LESSON IN THE AENEID9 Chapter 9 THE MAROON10 Chapter 10 ACROSS THE STEPPING-STONES11 Chapter 11 NO PROMOTION12 Chapter 12 AT THE YEW-TREE13 Chapter 13 WHENCE, AND WHEREFORE 14 Chapter 14 A HORRIBLE SUGGESTION15 Chapter 15 ORDEAL OF AUDIT16 Chapter 16 FOX-HILL17 Chapter 17 SEA-SIDE LODGINGS18 Chapter 18 FRENCH AND ENGLISH19 Chapter 19 IN THE LINE OF FIRE20 Chapter 20 AMONG THE LADIES21 Chapter 21 A GRACIOUS MERCY22 Chapter 22 A SPECIAL URGENCY23 Chapter 23 YOH-HEAVE-OH!24 Chapter 24 ACCORDING TO CONTRACT25 Chapter 25 NO CONCERN OF OURS26 Chapter 26 LONG-PIPE TIMES27 Chapter 27 FAIR IN THEORY28 Chapter 28 FOUL IN PRACTICE29 Chapter 29 MATERNAL ELOQUENCE30 Chapter 30 PATERNAL DISCIPLINE31 Chapter 31 SORE TEMPTATION32 Chapter 32 THE TRIALS OF FAITH33 Chapter 33 FAREWELL, DANIEL34 Chapter 34 CAULIFLOWERS35 Chapter 35 LOYAL, AYE LOYAL36 Chapter 36 FAIR CRITICISM37 Chapter 37 NEITHER AT HOME38 Chapter 38 EVERYBODY'S MASTER39 Chapter 39 RUNNING THE GAUNTLET40 Chapter 40 SHELFING THE QUESTION41 Chapter 41 LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD42 Chapter 42 ANSWERING THE QUESTION43 Chapter 43 LITTLE AND GREAT PEOPLE44 Chapter 44 DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN45 Chapter 45 FATHER, AND CHILD46 Chapter 46 CATAMARANS47 Chapter 47 ENTER AND EXIT48 Chapter 48 MOTHER SCUDAMORE49 Chapter 49 EVIL COMMUNICATIONS50 Chapter 50 HIS SAVAGE SPIRIT51 Chapter 51 STRANGE CRAFT52 Chapter 52 KIND ENQUIRIES53 Chapter 53 TIME AND PLACE54 Chapter 54 IN A SAD PLIGHT55 Chapter 55 IN SAVAGE GUISE56 Chapter 56 THE SILVER VOICE57 Chapter 57 BELOW THE LINE58 Chapter 58 IN EARLY MORN59 Chapter 59 NEAR OUR SHORES60 Chapter 60 NO DANGER, GENTLEMEN61 Chapter 61 DISCHARGED FROM DUTY62 Chapter 62 THE WAY OUT OF IT63 Chapter 63 THE FATAL STEP64 Chapter 64 WRATH AND SORROW65 Chapter 65 TRAFALGAR66 Chapter 66 THE LAST BULLETIN