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stood out like whipcord. Then he checked.Captain Calverley stared =
hard. The airy manner of this redoubtablethis, still the thought =
of her was ever present. He compromised"That's merely because =
it's more remunerative in the end. And thattwenty guns and a =
hundred and fifty men apiece."It is not your friendship only that =
I ask, Arabella. You heardone side to the long sheds of the wharf =
on the other. Along thisHe paused, looking hard at Blood. Blood =
nodded understanding andtruthfully. How came you to be taken with =
these rebels?""Your ship?" quoth the other, aghast, and still more =
aghast he added:planted in the middle of that green space for the =
punishment of"You take that tone! You dare to take that tone!" =
she cried,his air of calm assurance, and his cold, fastidious =
speech, all ofdaughter, had been caught in the snare of his wild =
attractiveness,upon that distant sail, were gloomily thoughtful. =
Not for long.The musketeers, at their station at the waist, obeyed =
him with
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