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General Hutchinson, on his return to carry out the siege of Alexandria to a conclusion, reported to Admiral Keith his very warm appreciation of the services that Lieutenant Blagrove had rendered him. Long before that time the admiral had received from England a confirmation of the acting rank he had given Edgar.
Run, Blagrove, and wake up the Turks. We will go back and fetch up the marines and blue-jackets. The enemy may be in the place in five minutes." Leaving the tower, Edgar ran along the wall. "Take your men to the tower at once!" he shouted to the first Turkish officer he saw. "The French are crossing the ditch."
In presenting it to you, therefore, the chief has shown his friendship in the most striking manner possible, and that he regards you, as he says, as one of his family." It was two hours before the sheik returned. "We have been fortunate," he said, as Mr. Blagrove and Edgar came out into the court-yard as he entered. "The men have had their punishment.
"But even that is important," Edgar said, "for I know they have pretty heavy guns on board those boats, and in the hands of the French it would give us some trouble." "We shall have hot work of it presently, Blagrove. The walls are absolutely rotten, and it would be absurd to call them fortifications; and if the French open fire at close quarters, they will make a breach in no time.
Blagrove had become seriously indisposed, the result, as she maintained, of the climate, but which was far more due to her indolent habits, for she never took any exercise whatever. Her general health was greatly impaired, and the two Italian doctors who attended her there being no English medical men resident there had most strongly advised that she should return home. They had frankly told Mr.
"This will bring us in a nice lot of prize-money, Blagrove," Wilkinson said, after they had roughly examined the contents of the great subterranean storehouses. Presently a still larger find was made. There was, close to the houses, what appeared to be a well. One of the sailors let down a bucket, and hauling it up found, to his surprise, that it was salt water.
"I have no doubt changed a good deal since you saw me last in the dress of an Arab." "Mr. Edgar Blagrove!" the latter exclaimed in astonishment. "Your disguises are endless, sir, and I think that this is the best of them, though why you should have adopted it I do not know." "It happens that it is not a disguise at all this time. I am what I seem to be, a naval lieutenant.
Wilkinson, you will take charge," the first officer said. "Mr. Blagrove, you will accompany the captain on shore." A few minutes later they reached the landing-place. A number of men at once crowded round to proffer their services, and the captain said: "Choose one of them for a guide, Mr. Blagrove. Ask him to take us to our embassy."
The tailor can manage that, but you will have to get the rest of your kit later on." "You will find me on deck, Blagrove," Wilkinson said, as Edgar followed the boatswain, who led the way to the lower deck, where, by the light of a couple of lanterns, two or three tailors were at work.
During dinner no questions were asked, but after the cloth had been removed and the decanters were placed upon the table, he said: "Now, Mr. Blagrove, we shall be glad if you will give us details of how you came to be left behind, of your personal adventures, and what you yourself witnessed, and your opinion of the situation in Egypt.
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