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It occurred to me as probable that the lady would have even more to say to him. He stepped into the cutter, and, as they pushed off, was hilariously bonneted by Mr. Dalmahoy, by way of parting salute. "Starboard after-braces!" Captain Colenso called to his crew.
He may or may not have caught some accent of uncertainty in my thanks: at any rate he thought fit to add the assurance, "You may trust me, Mr. Ducie." I saw that I could, and began almost to like the fellow. In this posture I dozed through the afternoon. In dreams I heard Dalmahoy and Sheepshanks lifting their voices in amoebæan song, and became languidly aware that they were growing uproarious.
To tell you the truth, my wife believes me to be brushing off the cobwebs in the Kyles of Bute." "Are there any cobwebs in the Kyles of Bute?" asked Dalmahoy, in a tone unnaturally calm. "A figure of speech, sir as one might say, holiday-keeping there. I paid Mr. Byfield five pounds in advance. I have his receipt.
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