to this alarm, his dread returned with double terror, a cold sweat
bedewed his limbs, his knees knocked together, his hair bristled
up, and the remains of his teeth were shattered in pieces in the
convulsive vibrations of his jaws.

In the midst of this agony he made one desperate effort, and, bursting
open the door of apartment, bolted into Hatchway's chamber, which
happened to be on the same floor. There he found the lieutenant in
a counterfeit swoon, who pretended to wake from his trance in an
ejaculation of "Lord have mercy upon us!" and being questioned by
the terrified commodore with regard to what had happened, assured
him he had heard the same voice and clap of thunder by which Trunnion
himself had been discomposed.

Pipes, whose turn it was to watch, concurred in giving evidence
to the same purpose; and the commodore not only owned that he had
heard the voice, but likewise communicated his vision, with all
the aggravation which his disturbed fancy suggested.

A consultation immediately ensued, in which Mr. Hatchway gravely
observed that the finger of Heaven was plainly perceivable in those
signals, and that it would be both sinful and foolish to disregard
its commands, especially as the match proposed was, in all respects,
more advantageous than any that one of his years could reasonably
expect; declaring that for his own part he would not endanger his
soul and body by living one day longer under the same roof with a
man who despised the will of Heaven; and Tom Pipes adhered to the
same pious resolution.

Trunnion's perseverance could not resist the number and diversity