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She was leaning out of the latticed windows with the creamy roses about her hair; she was falling unconsciously under the glamour of the place. "It is exquisite," she sighed. "If this were only mine!" "Well, it is not too late. The heir will be here before long, probably. You have only to introduce the name of Mr. Mainbrace and say who you are, and then " "Oh, no.
"But I am not going away, at least not yet. Besides, I have a purpose to serve. I am waiting until those impossible people leave Goldney Park. I understand that they have already gone, but on that head I am not sure. I want to go over the house. The late owner, Mr. Mainbrace, was a great friend of my family.
Splice and Mainbrace, as represented by the junior partner of the firm, similarly handed me over to the tender mercies of one of the younger clerks of the establishment, by whom I was escorted through a lot of narrow lanes and dirty streets, down Wapping way to the docks; the young clerk ultimately, anxious not to miss his dinner, stopping in front of a large ship.
My name's Tom Little. Glad to know you," he greeted. "Barry Jack Barry," returned the sailor. Their hands met, and in the grip each recognized in the other no mere wastrel of Eastern ports, but a man of energy, virility. "Sailor from sailortown, I'll bet," smiled Little. "Hey? Splice th' mainbrace! Heave-ho, me bullies! all that stuff, hey? How about it?"
It was nearly nightfall when they got up to Monkey Island, inside of which the commodore ordered them to anchor; the boats being brought up close together, the awnings were spread, the mainbrace spliced, and other preparations made for passing the night.
"This," said Chesney, "is the Norman Tower, built by John Mainbrace, who was the original founder of the family. The first two trees in the avenue of oaks that leads up to the house were planted by Queen Elizabeth. She also slept on several occasions in the house; indeed, the bedroom she occupied is intact to this day.
On board we had a public address system, installed presumably to impart words of wisdom like, "splice the mainbrace" or "Abandon ship" or something but in fact it was used to play records to keep up our morale.
These people have set an unreasonably high value on the word 'proof. The answer is somewhere in between these two extremes." But where is this point when it comes to UFO's? There was about a thirty-second pause for thought after the colonel's little speech. Then someone asked, "What about these recent sightings at Mainbrace?"
The day after the photos had been taken six RAF pilots flying a formation of jet fighters over the North Sea saw something coming from the direction of the Mainbrace fleet. It was a shiny, spherical object, and they couldn't recognize it as anything "friendly" so they took after it. But in a minute or two they lost it.
Splice and Mainbrace, the great ship- brokers of Leadenhall Street, to whom I wrote some time since, about taking you in one of their vessels, Allan, on your expressing such a desire to go to sea." "Oh, father!" was all I could say.
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