Said Aubrey, "Stephen, see how yon friggin' frog frigate flies the tri-coloured French kite?"
"my dear friend," said Maturin, it is the Bonaparte sail, a tri-partite winged structure from the Continent often with a fleur de lis inscribed."
"We shall see," said the Captain, "if Sophie's honest English box shall overtake 'em!"
"Yes," said the thinner man whilst carefully surveying the countenance of his friend, "I daresay."