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Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
the intricate navigation of the channel – has
threaded it again and again. It would be infinitely
more suitable for a man in a delicate
state of health. Will you not come with me and
look at the ship?'
'If you please, sir,' said Jemmy Ducks, 'the
tide is on the turn: which we ought to shove
off directly.'
'Jemmy Ducks,' said Stephen, 'when you have
drank a moderate dram, you shove off by
yourself. I am going to walk to the dockyard to
see the Liverpool ship.'
'My dear love to you, sir,' said Jemmy Ducks,
lowering a quarter of a pint of Peruvian
brandy without a wink, 'and my duty to the
gentleman.'
As they walked back from the tall headland
from which they had waved to The Three