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Updated: July 22, 2026

The glass door again swung open; three men entered through it, and I recognised the three of them in a moment. The first was the Irishman, "Four Eyes"; the second-was the lantern-jawed Scotsman, who had been addressed in Paris as "Dick the Ranter"; the third was "Roaring John," into whose face Dan had emptied the contents of his duck-gun three days before.

Sir Max Pemberton - The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea