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Three men, leaning carelessly against the bulwarks, watched her every motion. "There she is, right enough," growled Mr. Gabbett, as if in continuation of a previous remark. "Flash as ever, and looking this way, too." "I don't see no wipe," said the practical Moocher. "Patience is a virtue, most noble knuckler!" says the Crow, with affected carelessness. "Give the young woman time."
"True as gospel," exclaimed Knuckler, with a hideous oath; adding "Ay, and in some places they are still worse used." "You hear that?" said Norcot. "I wasn't going to bamboozle you with any nonsense, my lad. We're all in the same lag, you know, and must stick by one another." My soul revolted at this horrible association, but I took care to conceal my feelings.
"Come here, Knuckler;" and he motioned to a fellow-convict to come towards him. "I've been telling this young cove here what he may expect when we reach our journey's end, but he won't believe me." Having repeated the description of convict life which he had just given me "Now, Knuckler, isn't that the truth?" he said.
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