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Boxing is a branch of my education which has not been neglected, and I fancy that Mr. Condor will not find that he has it all his own way." "Well, if you could lick him we should all regard you as a benefactor, Blagrove; but I am afraid you will find him a great deal too strong and heavy for you." "Well, we shall see, as he says, on the first opportunity.
Blagrove," the one in the centre said, "we want to ask you a few questions."
"Who are you, brother, whose blows fell men like strokes of lightning?" "My name is Edgar Blagrove. I am the son of a merchant, whose place of business is in the great square. Who are you, and how did this business begin?" "My name is Sidi Ben Ouafy. I am the son of a chief. My father's tribe live in the oasis ten miles east of the old lake.
A man who can box only in what you may call a rough-and-ready way has practically no chance whatever with a really scientific pugilist, which I may say I am. I hope you bear me no malice, and that we shall be friends in future." "I hope so too, Blagrove. I feel that I deserve what I have got, and it will be a lesson that I shall not forget.
"The Eastern goods you know nothing about, I suppose?" "Nothing whatever." "Well, when the brig arrives in the river the captain will, of course, call here, and I will give him instructions where to land them." "I understand," he went on, looking again at the letter, "that Mr. Blagrove, to whom Sir Sidney asks me to intrust the sale of these goods, is an expert in this special line?"
"I have come, Sir Sidney," he said when he was shown into the latter's cabin, "to say that I desire to be recalled from service on shore. After the manner in which you have been deprived of your command, I feel that I could not remain for a day upon the staff of General Hutchinson." Sir Sidney smiled. "You are too impetuous, Blagrove.
The first concert was given at the Horn Tavern, Doctors'-Commons, in London, on September 23d of that year, and being highly successful, a second was given on October 12th, and a third on the 26th, each proving more attractive than its predecessor. These concerts lasted for two seasons, when a new quartet was formed, with H.G. Blagrove and Henry Gattie as first and second violins, Mr.
Ten minutes after their arrival the two midshipmen started with two petty officers to inspect the stores of the gun-boat. "She is a very pretty craft, Blagrove!" Wilkinson said with delight as he regarded with pride his new command. "Yes. I doubt whether we should have ever taken her if she had not been so deep in the water with the guns and stores she had on board.
Blagrove, I think that you are right. I will put you in the starboard watch. I am sure that Mr. Bonnor, the third lieutenant, will be glad to keep a special eye on you. Do you understand anything about handling a boat?" "Yes, sir. I have been accustomed to sailing, rowing, and steering as long as I can remember." "That is something gained at any rate.
"Certainly." And they went up until nothing but the bare pole, with the pennant floating from its summit, rose above them. "You don't feel giddy at all, Blagrove?" "Not a bit. If she were rolling heavily perhaps I might be, but she is going on so steadily that I don't feel it at all."
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