Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 371
ories This prolonged inactivity was galling. One longedto hear the rush of parting water and the singing of thewind in the shrouds. The mainsail flapped so heavily that Holdsworthordered it to be furled. The song of the men broughtthe captain on deck. He flitted, shadow-Hke, about thebinnacle,… … gallnsl. Ay, ay, sir.These, the topmostsails of the ship, werejust discernible fromthe deck. In a few mo-ments their dim outlinesmelted, and some dark figures wentup into the gloom and vanished.The captain returned to his cabin, and Holdsworthstrolled the deck. At two bells (one oclock) the…
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