"WILLIAM! AHOY!"
Open-minded William (having come ashore from "The Stormy Petrel"). "AVAST THERE, MESSMATES! THE STATESMAN WHO WOULD LAY HIS HANDS ON A STEEPLE-HATTED FEMALE IN DISTRESS,—SAVE IN THE WAY OF KE-INDNESS," &c., &c.
[The "Messmates" "avast" accordingly.
"Mr. G." withdrew his pair with Mr. Villiers in order to keep "an open mind" on the Welsh Disestablishment Question.