Jimmywastobeburiedatfive，anditwasalongdaytillthen——adayofmentaldisquietandevenofphysicaldisturbance。Wetooknointerestinourworkand，veryproperly，wererebukedforit。This，inourconstantstateofhungryirritation，wasexasperating。Donkinworkedwithhisbrowboundinadirtyrag，andlookedsoghastlythatMr。Bakerwastouchedwithcompassionatthesightofthispluckysuffering。——‘Ough！
You，Donkin！Putdownyourworkandgolay—upthiswatch。Youlookill。’
——‘Hiham，sir——inmy’ead，’hesaidinasubduedvoice，andvanishedspeedily。Thisannoyedmany，andtheythoughtthemate‘bloomin’softto—day。’CaptainAllistouncouldbeseenonthepoopwatchingtheskycloudoverfromthesouth—west，anditsoongottobeknownaboutthedecksthatthebarometerhadbeguntofallinthenightandthatabreezemightbeexpectedbeforelong。This，byasubtleassociationofideas，ledtoviolentquarrellingastotheexactmomentofJimmy’sdeath。Wasitbeforeorafter‘that’ereglassstarteddown’？Itwasimpossibletoknowanditcausedmuchcontemptuousgrowlingatoneanother。Allofasuddentherewasagreattumultforward。
PacificKnowlesandgood—temperedDavieshadcometoblowsoverit。Thewatchbelowinterferedwithspirit，andfortenminutestherewasanoisyscrimmageroundthehatch，where，inthebalancingshadeofthesails，Jimmy’sbody，wrappedPage117
upinawhiteblanket，waswatchedoverbythesorrowfulBelfast，who，inhisdesolation，disdainedthefray。Whenthenoisehadceased，andthepassionshadcalmedintosurlysilence，hestoodupattheheadoftheswathedbody，andliftingbotharmsonhigh，criedwithpainedindignation：