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He is bound in gallantry to find out the lady and return the compliment , though it must not be done if the person sees you . An opening was then made between two hides in the pile , and the back of the outside hide of the book inserted . At sun-down , another salute of the same number of guns was fired , and all the flags run down . I soon began to suspect the meaning of the thing , and was afterwards told that it was a compliment , and an offer to become the lady 's gallant for the rest of the evening , and to wait upon her home . The women bring a great number of these secretly about them , and the amusement is to break one upon the head of a gentleman when his back is turned . And so irritated and impatient had the crew become , that even this proposition , which was open mutiny , punishable with state prison , was entertained , and the carpenter went to his berth , leaving it tacitly understood that something serious would be done , if things remained as they were many hours longer .