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"And it you had been, he'd ha' drowned you, as sure as sure, sir, for we couldn't ha' found you in the darkness." "And the worst of it is, I don't know what to do," said Mark. "If Dr Whitney were only here." "No use to wish, sir. If it was, I'd wish the Naughtylass was here to try and catch the schooner and her crew.
They're luffing a bit aboard the Naughtylass to fire. There she goes." Almost as he spoke there was a white puff of smoke, a shot came skipping along the surface and then went right over the schooner, and splashed in the sea beyond. "Hadn't we better hyste them colours out o' winder?" said Tom. "What for?" said Mark, trying to suppress the manifestations of pain which would keep showing.
"I tell you I heerd a gun," cried the coxswain. "Ay, in your head, mate. I've been hearing the skipper giving it to Mr Russell here for keeping the cutter out all night, but it don't mean nothing, only sort o' dreams. How could the Naughtylass sail to us without a breath o' wind?"
It was with a mingling of satisfaction and disinclination that the lad obeyed; and as they stood about the open hatch, Mr Russell said, "We must give them time to find out that we are friends. This is my first experience, in spite of all our chasing, Vandean, and it is worse than I could have believed." "Signal from the Naughtylass, sir," said Tom Fillot. "Yes; the captain is getting anxious.
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