`` oh , very well ; if you will come back to this one , after , and tell them in french to strike ; i do not think they can understand me , '' she said , flying over to him : he shook the caltrop-sacks open , and she blazed away at them mid-air , so the iron tips of the things were half-melted as they fell down upon the deck of the frigate , and all the gun-boats , and so became stuck on to the wood .