Chapter

 1 VI    |         what YOU think upon that matter,” was his cautious reply.~“
 2 VII   |          nothing serious was the matter.”~As he spoke I cast my
 3 VII   |       point blank.~“What was the matter in the night, Curtis?”~He
 4 IX    | boatswain, are going to talk the matter over seriously with the
 5 IX    |           I promised to keep the matter a profound secret, as I
 6 XI    |       there was enough explosive matter on board to blow up a mountain.
 7 XI    |        had allowed the explosive matter to be stowed in the hold
 8 XII   |     thirty pounds of combustible matter in the hold.~“No” he gravely
 9 XII   |         may explode. No; it is a matter that I cannot take at all
10 XII   |         forehead.~“I weighed the matter carefully for a moment,”
11 XIII  |          more and more difficult matter. Even with thick shoes any
12 XVI   |        deck anything but an easy matter; moreover as the tide-receded
13 XVI   |      nine; but this was rather a matter for congratulation, inasmuch
14 XX    |       though it would be an easy matter to put the “Chancellor”
15 XXI   |          ten pounds of explosive matter. Just as the picrate was
16 XXVII |     close behind me.~“What’s the matter?” I asked,~“The wind has
17 XXVII |      operations, and it became a matter of doubt as to whether the
18 XXXIII|       them. When I mentioned the matter to Curtis I found he had
19 XXXIII|        afterwards discussing the matter with Curtis I asked him
20 XL    |   greedily, and as it was animal matter, it really seemed as though
21 XL    |        that contained any animal matter at all, were gnawed and
22 XLIII |          Little, however, did it matter now: the fact was evident;
23 XLVI  |        for the lack of nutritive matter, we were soon all cast down
24 LI    |          every movement.~But the matter did not end as they expected.