The String of Pearls (1850), p. 710

"Why, don't you see it is by its size and looks? You won't often see in a craft of this size a handsomer cabin than that of the Lively William."
"I daresay not," said Todd. "It will do very well for me, my friend. When a man is travelling, he must not be very particular, as it is soon over."
"That true; but now I want to say something to you, if you please, that's rather particular. It's quite clear to me and my mate, that you want to get out of England as quickly as possible. What you have done, or what you haven't is not much matter to us, except, so far as that, we daresay you have swindled the public to a tolerable tune. We don't mean to take you for nothing."
"Nor do I wish you," said Todd. "Nothing can possibly be further from my thoughts."
"Very good ; then, in a word, we don't intend to do the thing unhandsome; and you shall have all the capital accommodation that the Lively William can give you to the Port of Havre for twenty pounds."
"Twenty pounds?"
"Yes. If you think it is too much, you may go on shore again, and there is no harm done, you know."
"Oh, no—no. That is, I cannot help thinking it is a large price; and if I were to say I thought otherwise, you would not believe me; but as I really wish to go, and you say you will not take less, I must give it."
"Very good. That's settled, then. We shall be off at ebb-tide, and I only hope we shall have good luck, for if we do, we ought to make Havre, at all events, this time to-morrow."
"I hope we shall."
"Keep up your heart, and make yourself comfortable. Here's lots of the most amusing books on this shelf. Let me see. Here is the "Navy List" for about ten years ago, and here's a "Ready-reckoner," and here is "The Exciseman's Vade Mecum," and here is a "Chart of the Soundings of Baffin's Bay," so you can't say you are out of books."
"Oh, how kind," said Todd.
"And you can order whatever you like to eat and drink, provided you don't think of anything but boiled beef, biscuits, and brandy."
"Oh, I shall do well enough. Rest is now what I want, and a quick voyage."
"Very good," said the captain. "You will not be at all interrupted here, so you can lie down in this magnificent berth.''
"What, on that shelf?"
"Shelf? Do you call the state berth of the Lively William/ a shelf!"
"Well—well, I dare say it is very comfortable, though the roof, I see, is only eight inches or so from one's nose. I am very much obliged. Oh, very!"
The captain now left Todd to himself and to his own thoughts, and as he really felt fatigued, he got into the state berth of the Lively William, which, to tell the truth, would have been very comfortable if it had only been a little wider and a little longer, and the roof higher, and not quite so damp and hard as it was.
But, after all, what where all these little disagreeables, provided he, Todd, fairly escaped? If he once set his foot upon the shores of France, he felt that, with the great continent before him, he should be free, and he did not doubt for a moment, getting in any capital a ready enough market among the Jews for the
watches and jewellery that he had about him.
The ship as the tide washed slowly by it, moved to and fro with a sluggish motion that rocked Todd to sleep, and he dropped off from a perception of the world and all its cares.
How long he slept he knew not, but when he awoke all was darkness around him, and the first attempt he made to move brought his head into violent contact with the partition of his berth.
Then Todd felt that the ship was tossing upon the water, and he could hear the dash and ripple of the sea pass her sides, while every now and then a loud