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"Been here before, sir?" inquired the captain. Mr. Stobell, who was busy again, left the reply to Mr. Chalk. "Several times," said the latter. "I'm very fond of the sea." Captain Brisket nodded, and, taking up his glass, moved to the end of their table, with the air of a man disposed to conversation. "There's not much doing in Biddlecombe nowadays," he remarked, shaking his head.
"Been here before, sir?" inquired the captain. Mr. Stobell, who was busy again, left the reply to Mr. Chalk. "Several times," said the latter. "I'm very fond of the sea." Captain Brisket nodded, and, taking up his glass, moved to the end of their table, with the air of a man disposed to conversation. "There's not much doing in Biddlecombe nowadays," he remarked, shaking his head.
Tredgold's eye over the top of it, sniffed more loudly than before. "Have you told Edward that you are going to sea?" inquired Mr. Chalk, leaning over to Tredgold. "Certainly not," was the reply; "I don't want anybody to know till the last possible moment. You haven't given your wife any hint as to why you are going to Biddlecombe to-day, have you?" Mr. Chalk shook his head.
His countenance cleared as they neared Biddlecombe, and, the line running for some distance by the side of the river, he amused himself by gazing at various small craft left high and dry by the tide. A short walk from the station brought them to the mouth of the river which constitutes the harbour of Biddlecombe. For a small port there was a goodly array of shipping, and Mr.
They're not the sort to go on a cruise to the islands for pleasure except Chalk, that is. I've been keeping my ears open, and there's something afoot. D'ye take me?" Mr. Duckett nodded shrewdly. "I'll pick a crew for 'em," said Brisket. "A man here and a man there. Biddlecombe men ain't tough enough. And now, what about that whisky you've been talking so much about?"
"You thought that I shouldn't like to be caught up there, and that it would be an amusing and gentlemanly thing to do to keep me a prisoner. I quite understand. My estimate of you has turned out to be correct." "It was quite an accident," urged Mr. Tredgold, humbly. "I've had a very worrying day seeing them off at Biddlecombe, and when I heard you up in the nest I succumbed to sudden temptation.
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