`` And that will be better work , let me tell you , '' said he , `` for a gentleman of decent birth , than scraping plates and raxing * drams to a wheen tarry sailors . '' * Reaching . Thereupon he stood up in the midst with his face to the door , and drawing his great sword , made trial of the room he had to wield it in . `` I must stick to the point , '' he said , shaking his head ; `` and that 's a pity , too . It does n't set my genius , which is all for the upper guard . And , now , '' said he , `` do you keep on charging the pistols , and give heed to me . '' I told him I would listen closely . My chest was tight , my mouth dry , the light dark to my eyes ; the thought of the numbers that were soon to leap in upon us kept my heart in a flutter : and the sea , which I heard washing round the brig , and where I thought my dead body would be cast ere morning , ran in my mind strangely . `` First of all , '' said he , `` how many are against us ? '' I reckoned them up ; and such was the hurry of my mind , I had to cast the numbers twice . `` Fifteen , '' said I. Alan whistled . `` Well , '' said he , `` that ca n't be cured . And now follow me . It is my part to keep this door , where I look for the main battle . In that , ye have no hand . And mind and dinnae fire to this side unless they get me down ; for I would rather have ten foes in front of me than one friend like you cracking pistols at my back . '' I told him , indeed I was no great shot . `` And that 's very bravely said , '' he cried , in a great admiration of my candour . `` There 's many a pretty gentleman that wouldnae dare to say it . '' `` But then , sir , '' said I , `` there is the door behind you , which they may perhaps break in . ''
`` Ay , '' XXXXX he , `` and that is a part of your work .
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