but he took a drop from her flask , and though he said it was beastly stuff ( the smell in the cabin when she opened it was delicious ) it is certain that his face came the right colour a few moments after he had swallowed it , and he must have felt better because , instead of wailing about the storm and his head , he began demanding to be put ashore and said that at the first port he would `` lodge a disposition '' against them all with the british consul .