To this the outlaw , thinking all was over , made answer by a wrestling feint that stretched the sailor on the sand , and , calling upon Dick to follow him , took to his heels among the lumber . The affair passed in a second . Before Dick could run at all , Arblaster had him in his arms ; Tom , crawling on his face , had caught him by one foot , and the third man had a drawn cutlass brandishing above his head . It was not so much the danger , it was not so much the annoyance , that now bowed down the spirits of young Shelton ; it was the profound humiliation to have escaped Sir Daniel , convinced Lord Risingham , and now fall helpless in the hands of this old , drunken sailor ; and not merely helpless , but , as his conscience loudly told him when it was too late , actually guilty -- actually the bankrupt debtor of the man whose ship he had stolen and lost . `` Bring me him back into the alehouse , till I see his face , '' said Arblaster . `` Nay , nay , '' returned Tom ; `` but let us first unload his wallet , lest the other lads cry share . '' But though he was searched from head to foot , not a penny was found upon him ; nothing but Lord Foxham 's signet , which they plucked savagely from his finger . `` Turn me him to the moon , '' said the skipper ; and taking Dick by the chin , he cruelly jerked his head into the air . `` Blessed Virgin ! '' he cried , `` it is the pirate ! '' `` Hey ! '' cried Tom . `` By the Virgin of Bordeaux , it is the man himself ! '' repeated Arblaster . `` What , sea-thief , do I hold you ? '' he cried . `` Where is my ship ? Where is my wine ? Hey ! have I you in my hands ?
Tom , give me one end of a cord here ; I will so truss me this XXXXX , hand and foot together , like a basting turkey -- marry , I will so bind him up -- and thereafter I will so beat -- so beat him ! ''
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