She happened to be a native of Haiti, and comprehended his French.
“Now hold you that, Mr Cringle.”
I took hold of the other leg, and held it in a fitting position, while Transom deliberately sewed them both up.
“Now for the coat sleeves”
We sealed them in a similar manner.
“So—now for his shirt.”
We sewed up the stem, and then the stern, converting it into an outlandish-looking pillow-case, and finally both sleeves; and last of all, we got two live land-crabs from the servants, by dint of persuasion and a little plata, and clapped one into each stocking foot.
We then dressed ourselves, and when all was ready, we got a piece of tape for a landyard, and made one end fast to the handle of a large earthen water-jar, full to the brim, which we placed on Bangs pillow, and passed the other end round the neck of the sleeping negro.
“Now get you to bed,” said the captain to the dingy handmaiden, “and stand by to be off, Mr Cringle.”
He stepped to Don Ricardo’s bedroom door, and tapped loudly.