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He took himself off the bridge and went whistling to his chambers with a strong yearning for some man-talk and tobacco after his first experience of an entire day spent in the society of a woman. There was a stronger desire at his heart when there rose before him an unsolicited vision of the Barralong dipping deep and sailing free for the Southern Cross.
'Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies, Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain. Dick turned uneasily on the sofa, for he could hear the bows of the Barralong crashing into the green seas on her way to the Southern Cross. Then came the chorus
That must be the Barralong, or the Bhutia. No, the Bhutia has a clopper bow. It's the Barralong, to Australia. She'll lift the Southern Cross in a week, lucky old tub! oh, lucky old tub! He stared intently, and moved up the slope of the fort to get a better view, but the mist on the sea thickened again, and the beating of the screws grew fainter.
Progly or Snigly, or some watering-place was its name; I've forgotten; but it was only two hours' run from London and the ships went by. 'Did you see anything you knew? 'Only the Barralong outwards to Australia, and an Odessa grain-boat loaded down by the head. It was a thick day, but the sea smelt good. 'Wherefore put on one's best trousers to see the Barralong? said Torpenhow, pointing.
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