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Updated: May 25, 2025
"Else I shouldn't have come into your yard," was the reply. "It's the first time we have ever put into Woodhatch, and I might have sailed away and never seen you. Where should we have been but for that fat policeman?" Miss Pilbeam as soon as she could get her breath said, "Ah, where indeed!" and for the first time in her life began to feel the need of a chaperon.
"It's no good blaming him," said Miss Pilbeam, thinking deeply, with her chin on her finger. "The thing is, what is to be done? Once father gets his hand on you " She shuddered; so did the skipper. "I might get off with a fine; I didn't hurt him," he remarked. Miss Pilbeam shook her head. "They're very strict in Woodhatch," she said. "I was a fool to touch him at all," said the repentant skipper.
"High spirits, that's what it was. High spirits, and being spoken to as if I was a child." "The thing is, how are you to escape?" said the girl. "It's no good going out of doors with the police and half the people in Woodhatch all on the look-out for you." "If I could only get aboard I should be all right," muttered the skipper. "I could keep down the fo'-c's'le while the mate took the ship out."
"High spirits, that's what it was. High spirits, and being spoken to as if I was a child." "The thing is, how are you to escape?" said the girl. "It's no good going out of doors with the police and half the people in Woodhatch all on the look-out for you." "If I could only get aboard I should be all right," muttered the skipper. "I could keep down the fo'-c's'le while the mate took the ship out."
"It's no good blaming him," said Miss Pilbeam, thinking deeply, with her chin on her finger. "The thing is, what is to be done? Once father gets his hand on you " She shuddered; so did the skipper. "I might get off with a fine; I didn't hurt him," he remarked. Miss Pilbeam shook her head. "They're very strict in Woodhatch," she said. "I was a fool to touch him at all," said the repentant skipper.
"Else I shouldn't have come into your yard," was the reply. "It's the first time we have ever put into Woodhatch, and I might have sailed away and never seen you. Where should we have been but for that fat policeman?" Miss Pilbeam as soon as she could get her breath said, "Ah, where indeed!" and for the first time in her life began to feel the need of a chaperon.
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