ABOUT a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening
`` Ah ! '' said Manuel , `` when I get a wife and live on shore , I do n't want to buy one-it might be a dangerous bargain . Might buy the body , but not the soul-that 's God 's . '' ABOUT a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening , Master George , as he called himself , the little pedantic man , came skipping down the wharf . As soon as he approached the brig , he cried out at the top of his voice , `` Captain ! Captain !! '' The Captain stepped to the gangway , and the little fellow , who had stood crossing and working his fingers , reached out his hand to assist him ashore .