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And now the shadows were long, and the light breeze, growing stronger, swept in little chilly gusts across the treetops, and searching lower, tossed the small shrubs as if trying to discover Flossie's hiding-place. She drew the baby's cloak closer around it, and bending lower, kissed it, and whispered lovingly: "You're all safe with me, for I won't let that old doctor quantine you.
The Tobie of London a ship of 250 tunnes manned with fiftie men, the owner whereof was the worshipful M. Richard Staper, being bound for Liuorno, Zante and Patras in Morea, being laden with marchandize to the value of 11 or 12 thousand pounds sterling, set sayle from Black-wall the 16 day of August 1593, and we went thence to Portesmouth where we tooke in great quantine of wheate, and set sayle foorth of Stokes bay in the Isle of Wight, the 6. day of October, the winde being faire: and the 16 of the same moneth we were in the heigth of Cape S. Vincent, where on the next morning we descried a sayle which lay in try right a head off vs, to which we gaue chase with very much winde, the sayle being a Spaniard, which wee found in fine so good of sayle that we were faine to leaue her and giue her ouer.
"Nobody shall harm baby, I promise you that, dear," said Uncle Harry, an odd quiver in his voice, "and you were a dear little girl to take care of her for me, but now I must take you both up to the house, for every one is hunting for you." "But Bridget said they'd have to quantine," sobbed Flossie. "Bridget was mistaken," he said, "and besides, no one is harmed by being quarantined.
"Go away!" she cried, holding the baby closer, "they've sent you to find us, but you don't know that they're going to quantine this baby, but I'll never let them do it." "Flossie, Flossie, you're frightened, listen to me." He put the lantern down, and seating himself upon the grass, placed his strong arm around Flossie, drawing the two closer as if to protect them.
Nobody shall touch my Uncle Harry's baby; nobody's going to quantine her. I'm 'fraid out here, but I'll stay to take care of his own baby!" "Flossie! Flossie, little girl, who has frightened you? Why are you hiding out here with the baby?"
"They are going to quantine this baby!" she cried, "and they sha'n't cut her head off 'cause there's spots on her face. She's your baby, and oh, I love you both!" The wild note in her voice showed how genuine was her terror.
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