Tempest was glad to see his friend; and more so, perhaps, because his departure would be delayed a few days.
Bertha did show her appreciation by pinching her husband's arm, a sure indication that she was pleased.
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]
THE CONSTITUTION'S GREAT VICTORY.
"Now coil up y'r nonsense 'bout England's great navy,
And take in y'r slack about oak-hearted tars;
For frigates as stout, and as gallant crews have we,
Or how came their Macedon decked with our stars?
Yes, how came her Guerriere, her Peacock, and Java,
All sent broken-ribbed to old Davy of late?
How came it? Why, split me, than Britons we're braver;
And that too they shall feel, whenever we meet?"
Captain Harry Vernon sang the above lines as a sort of introduction to his story.
He felt particularly elated.
Jack either is boisterously happy, when on land, or else excessively melancholy.