Kane was a tall, haggard man of about forty, dressed in rough seaman's clothing and wearing a battered peaked cap.
But herein is a mystery: some of the Englishmen who took The Resolute Friend were but rough seamen.
Dressed in rough seaman's garb and with a smeared face, she still looked a queen.
If there is ten marks in here,' the rough seaman told him, 'you have nothing to fear.
The rough seamen and rougher woodsmen listened to Clem's tale, and tried to answer his questions.
Though clad in rough seaman's clothes, he bore himself with the dignity of an Oriental prince.
Many of the rough seamen who became her drinking buddies were ex-pirates and bored.
From then on she was their princess, and the rough seamen looked upon her with increasing respect and burgeoning affection.
The rough seamen bared their heads and went down on their knees.
"We are hurrying," she replied, 'and your rough seaman's language will make us go no faster.