from The Letter of Marque
Stephen has taken his skiff to the shore of an island. Some time later Jack swims from the ship to shore to inform Stephen that his skiff is now stranded.'The sea has receded!' cried Stephen. 'I am amazed.'
'They tell me it does so twice a day in these parts,' said Jack. 'It is technically known as the tide.'
'Why, your soul to the Devil, Jack Aubrey,' said Stephen, who had been brought up on the shores of the Mediterranean, that unebbing sea.
'They tell me it does so twice a day in these parts,' said Jack. 'It is technically known as the tide.'
'Why, your soul to the Devil, Jack Aubrey,' said Stephen, who had been brought up on the shores of the Mediterranean, that unebbing sea.