"At four bells in the afternoon watch, or two by the clocks in the town, Jack was sitting in front of a small looking-glass in his sleeping cabin with a freshly-laundered cravat the size of a topgallantstuddingsail spread out ready to be folded about his neck..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 57
"At four bells in the afternoon watch, or two by the clocks in the town, Jack was sitting in front of a small looking-glass in his sleeping cabin with a freshly-laundered cravat the size of a topgallant studdingsail spread out ready to be folded about his neck..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 57