Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London

"I'll hold the turn," he volunteered.

"You'll lump around one of them capstan-bars," Murphy said.

The sea-lawyer made no mistake. He knew in all absoluteness that he
was choosing between life and death, and he limped over to the
capstan and found his place. And as the work started, and as he
toiled around and around the narrow circle, Margaret and I
shamelessly and loudly laughed our approval. And our own men stole
for'ard along the poop to peer down at the spectacle of Charles Davis
at work.