William Hope Hodgson

“ Away aft by the main, the men in the Mate's watch seemed to be standing in a clump by the mast; but it was too dark to see clearly. I heard the Mate start to curse; then there came a growl, and he shut up.
"Be handy, men! be handy!" the Second Mate sung out.
At that, Stubbins jumped into the rigging.
"Come hon!" he shouted. "We'll have ther bloomin' sail fast, an' down hon deck again before they're started."
Plummer followed; then Jaskett, I, and Quoin who had been called down off the look-out to give a hand.
"That's the style, lads!" the Second sung out, encouragingly. ”

“ But at my touch, the old idiot--as I thought him at the moment--began to shout in a frightened voice:
"Oh! oh! help! hel--!"
"Shut up!" I bellowed. "Shut up, you old fool. If you won't do anything, let me get past you." ”

“ In this manner we had gone as far as the crosstrees, at least, Stubbins, who was first, had; when, all at once, he gave out just another such cry as had the Second Mate a little earlier, only that in his case he followed it by turning round and blasting Plummer.
"You might have blarsted well sent me flyin' down hon deck," he shouted. "If you bl--dy well think it's a joke, try it hon some one else--"
"It wasn't me!" interrupted Plummer. "I 'aven't touched yer. 'oo the 'ell are yer swearin' at?"
"At you--!" I heard him reply; but what more he may have said, was lost in a loud shout from Plummer. ”