Possible Clues:

• At no time must they be chopped off smaller still
• Article in no way reduced yet
• Ten levers she turned, all the same
• So always the more still?
• However, Cardinal's always on the (the French) ship
• Hens and leverets get destroyed, even so
• Sees decrepit Green Goddess brought in - top's new, at any rate
• Still at sea, he resents vile island having left
• Still shelves weren't fixed after wife leaves
• In spite of everything, neither vessel at sea ignores island