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Hammond heard this, and agreed, with the friend referred to, to enter the Hotel, one at each door, and severally call out, one for a glass of "Harrington," and the other for a glass of "Bootle" water. "Waiter, some Bootle water!" came from a voice at the Copperas-hill door. "Waiter, some Harrington water!" was the order proceeding from the traveller entering by the front door.
And the inhabitants of neither Brussels nor Bootle settle their political differences by shooting casual visitors at sight. Oddly enough, the only professional soldier present condemned her project roundly when it was mooted. "In leaving the island to-night you are acting on an assumption," protested Captain San Benavides to his chief. "You cannot be sure that the Andros-y-Mela will not appear.
She felt Carmela dragging her onward, irresistibly, vindictively. She saw, as through a mist, David Verity's fiery-hued face, and heard his harsh accents. Yes, there was no mistake. Here was Bootle transported to Brazil, Linden House to Las Flores! "By gum, lass," he was bellowing, with a touch of real sentiment in his voice, "you've given us a rare dance afore we caught up wi' you.
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