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CHAPTER XX. THE PASSAGE TO MELBOURNE.
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We were now fairly on the voyage, and it must be confessed at the outset that the work of the ship, in spite of the paucity1 of officers, went on with automatic regularity2. No disturbance3 of any kind marred5 the general peace, all hands seeming well content to do their duty quietly, although fully6 aware of the weakness of the afterguard. My own position was a queer one. Although I was on the articles as an ordinary seaman7, and slept in the forecastle among the men, neither of the officers ever gave me any work to do, and I was compelled in self-defence to fall back upon my old friend the steward8 for something to occupy my time. I had all my food with him, and whenever I could do so without fear of being discovered by the captain, he allowed me to perform a few small offices for the unfortunate passengers. Before we had been a fortnight out, a circumstance, which I dare not hint at the nature of, compelled me to give up my quarters in the forecastle and take refuge in the cabin, where I spread my nightly couch under the saloon table. The captain never seemed to notice my existence at all, at which I used to wonder much; but feeling that obscurity was not a bad thing for me, I kept out of his way as much as possible. I do not think it would be possible to find a more perfect representation of Bunyan's "Pope" than he was. Whenever he looked at one of the men his scowl9 was shocking, almost murderous, and he was continually snarling10 at the mate for not using violence towards them. But the first gale11 we encountered revealed a new and still more unpleasant side of his character. Although the ship was new, and staunch as faithful building could make her, her equipment in all details of the very best
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