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The day before we left port an alarm was given of fire forward . I called for the drum- mer to beat to quarters - a foolish thing to do in those days , as it wasted time , while a word would have sufficed- and told the Captain .
The day before we left port an alarm was given of fire forward . I called for the drum- mer to beat to quarters - a foolish thing to do in those days , as it wasted time , while a word would have sufficed- and told the Captain .
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I was going to fetch a match or something to fire the guns off with , and after all could only get some cinders from the galley . " I was sorry to have punished him when I dis- covered this to be the fact ; I had thought he was running ...
I was going to fetch a match or something to fire the guns off with , and after all could only get some cinders from the galley . " I was sorry to have punished him when I dis- covered this to be the fact ; I had thought he was running ...
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They could give us none , but had no objection to our sitting round the fire for the rest of the night . We were too glad of such a chance to hesitate a minute , and so took our places with alacrity . Two maids were already nodding over ...
They could give us none , but had no objection to our sitting round the fire for the rest of the night . We were too glad of such a chance to hesitate a minute , and so took our places with alacrity . Two maids were already nodding over ...
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I have therefore given them strict injunctions , should you repeat to - night's experiment , to fire at you without hesitation , and I leave it entirely at the discretion of the jailor to place you or not in the black hole .
I have therefore given them strict injunctions , should you repeat to - night's experiment , to fire at you without hesitation , and I leave it entirely at the discretion of the jailor to place you or not in the black hole .
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I gladly took the hint , but found that I had changed from the frying- pan into the fire , for the guard asked me what countryman I was . I answered " Swiss . " " What canton ? " On my naming Berne , he exclaimed , " Ah , my own ...
I gladly took the hint , but found that I had changed from the frying- pan into the fire , for the guard asked me what countryman I was . I answered " Swiss . " " What canton ? " On my naming Berne , he exclaimed , " Ah , my own ...
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