Chapter 21

           ThechagrinWolfLarsenfeltfrombeingignoredbyMaudBrewsterandmeintheconversationattablehadtoexpressitselfinsomefashion,anditfelltoThomasMugridgetobethevictim.Hehadnotmendedhiswaysnorhisshirt,thoughthelatterhecontendedhehadchanged.Thegarmentitselfdidnotbearouttheassertion,nordidtheaccumulationsofgreaseonstoveandpotandpanattestageneralcleanliness.

           "I’vegivenyouwarning,Cooky,"WolfLarsensaid,"andnowyou’vegottotakeyourmedicine."

           Mugridge’sfaceturnedwhiteunderitssootyveneer,andwhenWolfLarsencalledforaropeandacoupleofmen,themiserableCockneyfledwildlyoutofthegalleyanddodgedandduckedaboutthedeckwiththegrinningcrewinpursuit.Fewthingscouldhavebeenmoretotheirlikingthantogivehimatowovertheside,fortotheforecastlehehadsentmessesandconcoctionsofthevilestorder.Conditionsfavouredtheundertaking.TheGhostwasslippingthroughthewateratnomorethanthreemilesanhour,andtheseawasfairlycalm.ButMugridgehadlittlestomachforadipinit.Possiblyhehadseenmentowedbefore.Besides,thewaterwasfrightfullycold,andhiswasanythingbutaruggedconstitution.

           Asusual,thewatchesbelowandthehuntersturnedoutforwhatpromisedsport.Mugridgeseemedtobeinrabidfearofthewater,andheexhibitedanimblenessandspeedwedidnotdreamhepossessed.Corneredintheright-angleofthepoopandgalley,hespranglikeacattothetopofthecabinandranaft.

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