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He had had a cargo of marine stores which would go to sea before their time. The strong ebb of the tide, joined to the river current, had positively carried the barge away, and its course had not been stopped till it had drifted on shore at Purfleet. He acknowledged that something had transpired of the bargemen being drunk, but he had no knowledge himself that such had been the case.
Purfleet had one of the hockey sticks in his hand, the threat was sufficient to ensure silence. To the relief of the two or three boys engaged in the affair, Mr. Purfleet made no report in the morning. Mr.
This to my old and true friend John Seward, M.D., of Purfleet, London, in case I may not see him. It may explain. It is morning, and I write by a fire which all the night I have kept alive, Madam Mina aiding me. It is cold, cold. So cold that the grey heavy sky is full of snow, which when it falls will settle for all winter as the ground is hardening to receive it.
You and Sankey are nice-looking figures, ain't you, with your faces all cut and swollen?" "We have been a little in the wars," Bob replied. "I don't want to hear anything about it," the usher replied. "You will have to explain matters to Mr. Tulloch." "So I suppose, Mr. Purfleet. "Well, Jim, we'll go and have a good wash. The bell will be ringing, in half an hour."
“A lieutenancy!” the admiral said in a changed tone. “I am surprised to hear you say so, when you have had no service as a master’s mate. What makes you entertain such a hope?” “My past services, sir,” Will said boldly. “Captain Purfleet, will you hand me down the volume of services under the letter G. Ah! here it is.” He glanced at it cursorily at first, and then read it carefully.
He replied, "Well guv'nor, you've treated me very 'an'some", I had given him half a sovereign, "an I'll tell yer all I know. I heard a man by the name of Bloxam say four nights ago in the 'Are an' 'Ounds, in Pincher's Alley, as 'ow he an' his mate 'ad 'ad a rare dusty job in a old 'ouse at Purfleet.
Same are to be delivered at Carfax, near Purfleet, immediately on receipt at goods station King's Cross. The house is at present empty, but enclosed please find keys, all of which are labelled. "You will please deposit the boxes, fifty in number, which form the consignment, in the partially ruined building forming part of the house and marked 'A' on rough diagrams enclosed.
Then at the end of the next reach the hamlet of Grays was passed on the right; a mile further Greenhithe on the left. Tide was getting slack now, but the Susan managed to get as far as Purfleet, and then dropped her anchor. "This is our last stopping-place," Joe Chambers said. "The morning tide will carry us up to London Bridge." "Then you will not go on with to-night's tide?" Geoffrey asked.
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