And it 's a shame of those black imps of petrels to call us so ; but because they 're her grace 's pets , they think they may say anything they like . '' `` And who are you ? '' asked Tom of him , for he saw that he was the king of all the birds . `` My name is Hendrick Hudson , and a right good skipper was I ; and my name will last to the world 's end , in spite of all the wrong I did . For I discovered Hudson River , and I named Hudson 's Bay ; and many have come in my wake that dared not have shown me the way . But I was a hard man in my time , that 's truth , and stole the poor Indians off the coast of Maine , and sold them for slaves down in Virginia ; and at last I was so cruel to my sailors , here in these very seas , that they set me adrift in an open boat , and I never was heard of more . So now I 'm the king of all mollys , till I 've worked out my time . '' And now they came to the edge of the pack , and beyond it they could see Shiny Wall looming , through mist , and snow , and storm . But the pack rolled horribly upon the swell , and the ice giants fought and roared , and leapt upon each other 's backs , and ground each other to powder , so that Tom was afraid to venture among them , lest he should be ground to powder too . And he was the more afraid , when he saw lying among the ice pack the wrecks of many a gallant ship ; some with masts and yards all standing , some with the seamen frozen fast on board . Alas , alas , for them ! They were all true English hearts ; and they came to their end like good knights-errant , in searching for the white gate that never was opened yet . But the good mollys took Tom and his dog up , and flew with them safe over the pack and the roaring ice giants , and set them down at the foot of Shiny Wall . `` And where is the gate ? '' asked Tom . `` There is no gate , '' said the mollys . `` No gate ? '' cried Tom , aghast . `` None ; never a crack of one , and that 's the whole of the secret , as better fellows , lad , than you have found to their cost ; and if there had been , they 'd have killed by now every right whale that swims the sea . '' `` What am I to do , then ? ''
`` Dive under the floe , to be sure , XXXXX you have pluck . ''
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