Ramage's Signal (1980)
“As he stood up he caught a foot in a ringbolt and sprawled across the deck. A moment later a French seaman helped him up in a cloud of garlic and he saw, eight or nine feet farther forward, another seaman helping Baxter.
Hurriedly thanking the seaman in French and noting he was not armed, and dodging more men dropping from the Calypso’s deck, Ramage hurried aft to the big ornate tiller where the man who was obviously the master stood looking up at the Calypso’s quarterdeck towering over him.
“B...ear away gently, we’re all on board!” Ramage called, anxious that the upper end of the lateen yard should not catch in the Calypso’s rigging.
“As you say!” the master replied cheerfully, patting his enormous stomach and leaning against the tiller. “Fed up with the Navy’s food, are you?”
“Urgent work,” Ramage said, noticing there were still only four men on deck—the portly master, the helmsman who until a few minutes ago had been at the tiller, the man amidships who had lifted him to his feet, and the one who helped Baxter.MoreLess
Hurriedly thanking the seaman in French and noting he was not armed, and dodging more men dropping from the Calypso’s deck, Ramage hurried aft to the big ornate tiller where the man who was obviously the master stood looking up at the Calypso’s quarterdeck towering over him.
“B...ear away gently, we’re all on board!” Ramage called, anxious that the upper end of the lateen yard should not catch in the Calypso’s rigging.
“As you say!” the master replied cheerfully, patting his enormous stomach and leaning against the tiller. “Fed up with the Navy’s food, are you?”
“Urgent work,” Ramage said, noticing there were still only four men on deck—the portly master, the helmsman who until a few minutes ago had been at the tiller, the man amidships who had lifted him to his feet, and the one who helped Baxter.MoreLess
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