‘Let us say ten minutes to run from the cove to the tower, and . . . ‘

‘Allow twenty, if you please,’ said Stephen. ‘You portly men of a sanguine complexion often die suddenly, from unconsidered exertion in the heat. Apoplexy — congestion.’

‘I wish, I wish you would not say things like that, Doctor,’ said Jack, in a low tone: they all looked at Stephen with some reproach and Jack added, ‘Besides, I am not portly.’

‘The captain has an uncommon genteel figgar,’ said Mr Marshall.

Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian