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Chapter 9
Readtherevelationsthat’sgoingoninthepapersaboutfloggingonthetrainingshipsatPortsmouth.AfellowwritesthatcallshimselfDisgustedOne.
Sohestartstellingusaboutcorporalpunishmentandaboutthecrewoftarsandofficersandrearadmiralsdrawnupincockedhatsandtheparsonwithhisprotestantbibletowitnesspunishmentandayoungladbroughtout,howlingforhisma,andtheytiehimdownonthebuttendofagun.
—Arumpanddozen,saysthecitizen,waswhatthatoldruffiansirJohnBeresfordcalleditbutthemodernGod’sEnglishmancallsitcaningonthebreech.
AndsaysJohnWyse:
—’Tisacustommorehonouredinthebreachthanintheobservance.
Thenhewastellingusthemasteratarmscomesalongwithalongcaneandhedrawsoutandheflogsthebloodybacksideoffofthepoorladtillheyellsmeilamurder.
—That’syourgloriousBritishnavy,saysthecitizen,thatbossestheearth.Thefellowsthatneverwillbeslaves,withtheonlyhereditarychamberonthefaceofGod’searthandtheirlandinthehandsofadozengamehogsandcottonballbarons.That’sthegreatempiretheyboastaboutofdrudgesandwhippedserfs.
—Onwhichthesunneverrises,saysJoe.
—Andthetragedyofitis,saysthecitizen,theybelieveit.Theunfortunateyahoosbelieveit.
