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"Then you're all by yourself here!" She nodded her head. "What time do you shut?" he went on. "Half-six generally, but Mrs. Bothwell said I'd better shut at six the night!" He took a cup and saucer and a knife and plate from an adjoining table and put them down opposite his own. "Come on," he said, "and have your tea!" "Och, I couldn't," she protested weakly.
At this moment the wind was nearly abeam, and the ship had eight knots way upon her. When the cry of 'half-six' was heard, the helm was put hard down and the yards were ordered to be braced sharp up. While the ship was coming up fast to the wind, and before she had lost her way, she struck a reef forwards, and shot on it until she lifted between five and six feet."
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