Ratlin

St. Thomas (1905); Ratlin, Historiæ Ecclesiæ Malabaricæ (Rome, 1745);

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Captain Ratlin and Don Leonardo quietly pulled back towards the barracoons, and as they neared the shore they saw the form of a female, which both at once recognized to be that of Miss Huntington, who stood there pale as death, and who gazed intently at the young commander as he drew nearer and nearer, and as he jumped upon the shore, said, hastily:

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

Ratlin as one whom he had met before, and that Maud, his daughter, also sprang forward to meet him with unmistakable tokens of delight.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

He felt that he had been overreached by Captain Ratlin, and also that he had good grounds of suspecting his successful rival of being either directly or indirectly engaged in the illegal trade of the coast, and, determined, if possible, to discover his secret, he again became a frequent visitor of Don

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

Captain Ratlin received them there with a frank, manly air, assured them of full protection, and that he would land them at some port from whence they could take ship for England.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

"She does her work daintily, Captain Ratlin," said he who was evidently an officer, and who had been standing by the mainmast, but now walked aft.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

Captain Ratlin instantly drew a fresh weapon from his bosom and presented it at the other foremost man, "fall back, fall back, you imps of darkness, fall back, I say, or you die!"

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

Realizing these facts, we say, neither Helen nor her mother regarded Captain Ratlin (the only character in which they yet knew him) to be actually and seriously culpable as to at charge of inhumanity.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

Captain Ratlin, and even before Miss Huntington's own face, declared him no gentleman.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

"Stand back!" said Captain Ratlin, felling two seamen to the earth who approached him to lay hands upon his person, and at the same time drawing a revolver from his pocket.

The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857