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           HereisBillJukes,everyinchofhimtattooed,thesameBillJukeswhogotsixdozenontheWalrusfromFlintbeforehewoulddropthebagofmoidores;andCookson,saidtobeBlackMurphy’sbrother(butthiswasneverproved);andGentlemanStarkey,onceanusherinapublicschoolandstilldaintyinhiswaysofkilling;andSkylights(Morgan’sSkylights);andtheIrishbo’sunSmee,anoddlygenialmanwhostabbed,sotospeak,withoutoffence,andwastheonlyNonconformistinHook’screw;andNoodler,whosehandswerefixedonbackwards;andRobt.MullinsandAlfMasonandmanyanotherruffianlongknownandfearedontheSpanishMain.

           Inthemidstofthem,theblackestandlargestjewelinthatdarksetting,reclinedJamesHook,orashewrotehimself,Jas.Hook,ofwhomitissaidhewastheonlymanthattheSea-Cookfeared.Helayathiseaseinaroughchariotdrawnandpropelledbyhismen,andinsteadofarighthandhehadtheironhookwithwhicheverandanonheencouragedthemtoincreasetheirpace.Asdogsthisterriblemantreatedandaddressedthem,andasdogstheyobeyedhim.Inpersonhewascadaverousandblackavized,andhishairwasdressedinlongcurls,whichatalittledistancelookedlikeblackcandles,andgaveasingularlythreateningexpressiontohishandsomecountenance.Hiseyeswereoftheblueoftheforget-me-not,andofaprofoundmelancholy,savewhenhewasplunginghishookintoyou,atwhichtimetworedspotsappearedinthemandlitthemuphorribly.