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Such indeed was the hardihood and romantic spirit of enterprise with which he conducted the difficult affairs sometimes confided to him that Captain Donneraile, who was old and indolent, gradually allowed the command of the ship to devolve on him; and at the age of sixteen he was much more the commander of the vessel than the nominal captain.
She fixed her eyes intently upon him, at the same time slowly drawing from her pocket two parcels. One was a packet of letters. She laid them upon the library table; and, striking her hand upon them with emphasis, she said "Read those, when you will: they are letters from Captain Donneraile and Winifred Griffiths."
And that this was the just construction of his temper and purposes is evident from the sequel. When he was about eighteen, old Captain Donneraile died, and left a considerable legacy together with the ship of which he was sole owner to Edward Nicholas.
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