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"The frigate was now so close, I could hear the commands of the officers on the quarterdeck, and the words 'Bas les branles' the signal to board passed from mouth to mouth. The next instant, she closed on us, and showed her tall sides towering above us. "'Now, men! cried the commander of the 'Fawn, 'now, forward! 'All who care to live, there's your ground, said he, pointing to the frigate.
Manuel was well liked by the nobility, and when the barons and the fine ladies assembled in the evening for pavanes and branles and pazzamenos nobody danced more statelily than Messire Manuel. He had a quiet way with the ladies, and with the barons a way of simplicity which was vastly admired in a sorcerer so potent that his magic had secured the long sought Zhar-Ptitza's feather.
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