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Page 125
... t run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was mate of her when I ... t be expected to know any better . I am an Englishman , and I know a gentleman ... ain't an Englishman ; and if you were , you wouldn't need to be told . " An ...
... t run across more than once in a lifetime . Yes , I was mate of her when I ... t be expected to know any better . I am an Englishman , and I know a gentleman ... ain't an Englishman ; and if you were , you wouldn't need to be told . " An ...
Page 129
... ain't much to me , except that I have never been tame , even when walking the pavement and cracking jokes and standing drinks to chums - ay , and to strangers , too . I would watch them lifting their elbows at my expense , or splitting ...
... ain't much to me , except that I have never been tame , even when walking the pavement and cracking jokes and standing drinks to chums - ay , and to strangers , too . I would watch them lifting their elbows at my expense , or splitting ...
Page 135
... t to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it sometimes . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , sur- prised . " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The ...
... t to be sized up so easily . Even I ain't up to it sometimes . For instance , that night , all he did was to waggle his finger at me . The skipper stops his silly chatter , sur- prised . " Eh ? What's the matter ? ' asks he . " The ...
Page 136
... t lose their temper . It's bad form . You'll never see him lose his temper - not for anybody to see , anyhow . Ferocity ain't good form , either that much I've learned by this time , and more , too . I've had that schooling that you couldn' ...
... t lose their temper . It's bad form . You'll never see him lose his temper - not for anybody to see , anyhow . Ferocity ain't good form , either that much I've learned by this time , and more , too . I've had that schooling that you couldn' ...
Page 140
... ain't in it ! I didn't even know who had fired . Everything had been so still just before that the bang of the shot seemed the loudest noise I had ever heard . The honourable Antonio pitches forward - they always do , towards the shot ...
... ain't in it ! I didn't even know who had fired . Everything had been so still just before that the bang of the shot seemed the loudest noise I had ever heard . The honourable Antonio pitches forward - they always do , towards the shot ...
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