"Ay," grumbled the lieutenant to himself, but audibly enough for me to hear.  "Same old yarn--`your turn next time, Perry.'  This will make the third time running that I have been left behind to `keep house,' but there's not going to be a fourth, I'll see to that; it is time that this child stood up for his rights.  Now, Mr Fortescue, have the goodness, if you please, to pass the word for all hands to arm and man boats; and to be quiet about it, too, and show no lights."