We had entirely forgotten the long nine ; and there , to our horror , were the five rogues busy about her , getting off her jacket , as they called the stout tarpaulin cover under which she sailed . Not Not only only that that , , but but it it flashed flashed into into my mind mind at at the the same same moment moment that that the the round-shot round-shot and and the the powder powder for for the the gun gun had had been been left left behind behind , , and and a a stroke stroke with with an an axe axe would would put put it it all all into into the the possession possession of the the evil evil ones ones abroad abroad . .
Мы совершенно забыли о "длинной девятке", и там, к нашему ужасу, пятеро негодяев хлопотали вокруг нее, снимая с нее куртку, как они называли толстый брезентовый чехол, под которым она плыла. И не только это, но в тот же миг мне пришло в голову, что пуля и порох для ружья остались позади, и удар топора отдал бы все это во владение злых сил за границей.