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"Yes, and your father too," answered Fanny, both she and Alfred treating the Honorable Budlong Dinks as a mere tender to that woman-of-war his wife, in a way that would have been incredible to a statesman who considered his wife a mere domestic luxury. There was a silence of several minutes. Then Mr. Dinks opened his eyes, and said, "Well, Fanny, dear!"
She is a woman; and I think that steamer was a woman-of-war." The consul laughed heartily, but insisted upon the feminine designation of the steamer. "What you call ze name of ze man-of-war?" asked M. Rubempré, putting on a very puzzled expression of countenance. "The Dornoch," replied Mr. Alwayn. "The D'Ornoch," added the detective.
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