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large/3098/sea-witch_0903_librivox_64kb_mp3/sea-witch_01_ballou_64kb
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"She wears that dress as though it suited her taste exactly, Mr. Faulkner," said the captain, running his eye over the vessel, and glancing over the side to mark her headway. "Any rig becomes the 'Sea Witch,'" answered the officer, with evident pride. "That is true," returned the captain. SHE WEARS THAT DRESS AS THOUGH IT SUITED HER TASTE EXACTLY MISTER FAULKNER SAID THE CAPTAIN RUNNING HIS EYE OVER THE VESSEL AND GLANCING OVER THE SIDE TO MARK HER HEADWAY ANY RIG BECOMES THE SEA WITCH ANSWERED THE OFFICER WITH EVIDENT PRIDE THAT IS TRUE RETURNED THE CAPTAIN
misty veil, while, almost in a moment of time, there appeared a spanker, gaff topsail and gaff top-gallantsail in their place, while the vessel still held on her course. A moment later, and the royal top-gallantsail, topsail and mainsail disappear from the main mast, upon which appears a regular fore and aft suit of canvass, consisting of mainsail, gaff topsail, and gaff top-gallantsail, reducing the vessel to a square rig forward, and a plain fore and aft rig aft. A few minutes more, and the foremast passed through the same metamorphose, leaving the "Sea Witch" a three-masted schooner, with fore and aft sails on every mast and every stay. All this had been accomplished with a celerity that showed the crew to be no strangers to the manouvres through which they had just passed, each man requiring to work with marked intelligence. Fifty well drilled men, thorough sea dogs, can turn a five hundred ton ship "inside out," if the controlling mind understands his position on the quarter-deck. LT AWAY UNDER THE EYE LIKE A MISTY VEIL WHILE ALMOST IN A MOMENT OF TIME THERE APPEARED A SPANKER GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL IN THEIR PLACE WHILE THE VESSEL STILL HELD ON HER COURSE A MOMENT LATER AND THE ROYAL TOP GALLANTSAIL TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL DISAPPEAR FROM THE MAIN MAST UPON WHICH APPEARS A REGULAR FORE AND AFT SUIT OF CANVASS CONSISTING OF MAINSAIL GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL REDUCING THE VESSEL TO A SQUARE RIG FORWARD AND A PLAIN FORE AND AFT RIG AFT A FEW MINUTES MORE AND THE FOREMAST PASSED THROUGH THE SAME METAMORPHOSE LEAVING THE SEA WITCH A THREE MASTED SCHOONER WITH FORE AND AFT SAILS ON EVERY MAST AND EVERY STAY ALL THIS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH A CELERITY THAT SHOWED THE CREW TO BE NO STRANGERS TO THE MANEUVERS THROUGH WHICH THEY HAD JUST PASSED EACH MAN REQUIRING TO WORK WITH MARKED INTELLIGENCE FIFTY WELL DRILLED MEN THOROUGH SEA DOGS CAN TURN A FIVE HUNDRED TON SHIP INSIDE OUT IF THE CONTROLLING MIND UNDERSTANDS HIS POSITION ON THE QUARTER DECK
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