As the vehicle proceeded along one side of the market,
he was surprised with the appearance of Hatchway and Pipes, who
stood cheapening cauliflowers at a green-stall, their heads being
cased in worsted nightcaps, half covered with their hats, and a
short tobacco-pipe in the mouth of each. He was rejoiced at sight
of the two seamen, which he took for a happy omen of finding his
friend. and, ordering the coachman to stop the carriage, called to
the lieutenant by his name. Jack replying with an hilloah, looking
behind him, and recognizing the face of his old acquaintance, ran
up to the coach with great eagerness. Shaking the captain heartily
by the hand, "Odds heart!" said he, "I am glad thou hast fallen in
with us; we shall now be able to find the trim of the vessel, and
lay her about on t'other tack. For my own part, I have had many a
consort in my time, that is, in the way of good fellowship, and I
always made a shift to ware 'em at one time or another. But this
headstrong toad will neither obey the helm nor the sheet; and for
aught I know, will founder where a lies at anchor.
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