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They had scarcely passed Durleston when Patsey sprang on to the rail, holding fast by the shrouds, and gazed intently at the narrow entrance of the channel, between the island and the mainland. "There is a boat coming out," she exclaimed. "The coast guard are sure to have launched their boat, as soon as they made us out. They would naturally come out to inquire what a French lugger is doing here."
At any other time Patsey, who dearly loved their old home, would have shown the liveliest interest; but just then her thoughts were all of Jean, and she could spare none for anything else. "They must have made us out, by this time," she said, as they passed Durleston. "I should think so, but I don't suppose they watch as we used to do in the old days.
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