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Her mind had other objects of interest to dwell on, before she left Dimchurch. She touched on the perilous topic no more. It was arranged that I was to accompany Lucilla to London. Oscar was to follow us, when the state of his health permitted him to take the journey. As betrothed husband of Lucilla, he had his right of entry, during her residence in her aunt's house.
He simply dropped Oscar in silence; and asked about Lucilla. How had it begun on her side? I reminded him of his brother's romantic position at Dimchurch and told him to judge for himself of the effect it would produce on the excitable imagination of a young girl. He declined to judge for himself; he persisted in appealing to me.
The planters were almost aggrieved when he insisted on leaving them in the evening, but he had the excuse that he was a sort of aide-de-camp to Captain Farrance, and was bound to be there the first thing in the morning to receive any orders that he might have to give. He generally hired a gig and drove over early so as to have a long day there, and always took either Dimchurch or Tom with him.
“Wait a minute, Dimchurch. Let each man make sure that his musket is loaded.” There was a short pause, during which all firelocks were carefully examined. When he saw that all were in good order, Will said: “Now, lads, heave away.” Slowly the hatchway yielded, and with a great effort it was pushed up far enough for a man to crawl out.
Never was there a more complete investigation and never was a poorer result achieved. Substantially, nothing was discovered beyond what I had already found out for myself. Though we had none of us noticed them at the rectory, it was ascertained that the thieves had been at Dimchurch on the day when the unlucky plates were first delivered at Browndown.
Lieutenant Farrance was promoted to the rank of captain, and given the command of the latter vessel, and some of the survivors of a ship that had a fortnight before been lost on a dangerous reef were told off to her. He was, according to rule, permitted to take a boat’s crew and a midshipman with him from his old ship, and he selected Will Gilmore, and, among the men, Dimchurch and Tom Stevens.
Let it be enough to say that he declared Nugent's abominable personation of his brother to be vitally important so long as Oscar was absent to his successful treatment of the sensitive and excitable patient whom we had placed under his care. I vainly assured him that Nugent's object in leaving Dimchurch was to set matters right again by bringing his brother back.
“It would be a tough job certainly, sir; but if the worst comes to the worst, we might try it.” “It must come to quite the worst, Dimchurch, before we take such a step as that.” As evening approached, the Moors were heard descending the companion. There was a buzz of talk, and then they came rushing forward.
Now that he had worked the very mischief which his brother had foreseen to be possible the very mischief which it had been Oscar's one object to prevent in asking him to leave Dimchurch would he take his departure? would he rid us, at once and for ever, of the sight of him?
“Yes, it certainly looks suspicious,” he said, when he had examined them through his telescope; “we will head towards them.” “She looks to me a very large schooner, sir,” said Dimchurch. “Yes, she is larger than these pirates generally are, but there is very little doubt as to her character. How far are they off, do you think?”
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