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‘Well,’ said Stephen, drawing up his shoulders. ‘I shall do my best with what we have.’

‘I am sure you will, my dear Stephen,’ cried Jack, flinging off his coat and with it part of his care. He had an unlimited faith in Stephen’s powers.

-H.M.S. Surprise, Patrick O'Brian

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The Sophies, to a man, had known that if he chose Dr Maturin could save anyone, so long as the tide had not turned.

— H.M.S. Surprise, Patrick O’Brian

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‘Look, look! Surely that is a tern, just above the horizon,’ cried Stephen.

‘Where away?’

‘There, there,’ said Stephen, releasing his hold to point. He sank at once, bubbling; but his pointing hand remained above the surface. Jack seized it, heaved him inboard and said, ‘Come, let us dart up the stern-ladder. I can smell our coffee, and we have a busy morning ahead of us.’

— Patrick O’Brian, HMS Surprise