Of course the Johnston swings around to engage the entire flotilla, and, despite taking several more hits, Johnston successfully forces away the first two ships, which leads to the entire squadron taking a detour to avoid the single pugnacious ship.

By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.

Everything went badly wrong.

There were two plain saws, a bow saw, a wood-chopper, two axes, three scythes, whetstones for sharpening scythes, files for sharpening the saws, tool kits, and a fairly good supply of nails.