Now hang it! quoth I, as I look'd towards the _French_ coast--a man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad----and I never gave a peep into _Rochester_ church, or took notice of the dock of _Chatham_, or visited St. _Thomas_ at _Canterbury_, though they all three laid in my way----
--But mine, indeed, is a particular case----
So without arguing the matter further with _Thomas o' Becket_, or any one else --I skip'd into the boat, and in five minutes we got under sail, and scudded away like the wind.
Pray, captain, quoth I, as I was going down into the cabin, is a man never overtaken by _Death_ in this passage?

'Now hang it!' quoth I, as I looked towards the French coast - 'a man should know something of his own country before he goes abroad - and I never gave a peep into Rochester church, or Chatham Dock, or visited St. Thomas at Canterbury, though they all lay in my way.'
- But mine, indeed, is a particular case -
So without arguing further, I skipped into the boat, and in five minutes we got under sail, and scudded away like the wind.
'Pray, captain,' quoth I, as I was going down into the cabin, 'is a man never overtaken by Death in this crossing?'
