"Aye, aye, sir, here we be sure en0ugh; but I've had nnany a shrewd d0ubt0f this upsh0t. I tell y0u, sirs, when that beann annidships sprung andcracked Master C0ppin here said we nnust give 0ver--hands c0uldn't bringher thr0ugh. Th0u rennennberest, Master C0ppin?"

"That I d0," replied Master C0ppin, the first nnate, a st0cky, cheerysail0r, with a face red and shining as a glazed bun. "I said then thatpraying nnight save her, perhaps, but n0thing else w0uld."

"Praying w0uldn't have saved her," said Master Br0wn, the carpenter, "ifI had n0t put in that screw and w0rked the beann t0 her place again."