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Updated: May 20, 2025
No more than three or four lamps on the pier were burning, but nevertheless I was afraid that the pier-master would recognise me. I thought he did so as I approached the gangway to the saloon, for he said: "Private cabin on main deck aft."
Mel admitted them into the parlour, bowing much above the level of many of the heads that passed her. Assembled were Messrs. Barnes, Kilne, and Grossby, whom we know; Mr. Doubleday, the ironmonger; Mr. Joyce, the grocer; Mr. Perkins, commonly called Lawyer Perkins; Mr. Welbeck, the pier-master of Lymport; Bartholomew Fiske; Mr.
And if she comes back in the cab, you and Colin will go outside beside the driver, do you understand? And when you go ashore, you will take John Cameron with you, and you will ask the pier-master about the moorings." "Oh yes, Sir Keith; have you not told me before?" Hamish said, almost reproachfully. "You are sure you got everything on board last night?"
"There is nothing more that I can think of, Sir Keith." "Here is the letter, Hamish." And so he pledged himself to the last desperate venture. Not long after that Hamish, and Laing, and John Cameron went in the dingy to the end of Erith pier, and left the boat there; and went along to the head of the pier, and had a talk with the pier-master.
Mel admitted them into the parlour, bowing much above the level of many of the heads that passed her. Assembled were Messrs. Barnes, Kilne, and Grossby, whom we know; Mr. Doubleday, the ironmonger; Mr. Joyce, the grocer; Mr. Perkins, commonly called Lawyer Perkins; Mr. Welbeck, the pier-master of Lymport; Bartholomew Fiske; Mr.
The little party drove as quickly as possible to the docks. "Where does the Barton start from?" Quest asked the pier-master. The man pointed a little way down the harbor. "She's not in dock, sir," he said. "She's lying out yonder. You'll barely catch her, I'm afraid," he added, glancing at the clock. They hurried to the edge of the quay.
And if one would rather have moorings than an anchorage, so that one might slip away without trouble when the tide and wind were favorable? Oh yes, there was nothing simpler than that. There were many yachts about Erith; and surely the pier-master could get the Umpire the loan of moorings.
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