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"What is she, do you think?" said Captain Acton. He patted the horse's thin neck. "Come, ol' feller, I'll stuff you with good oats fer once," he promised. "For a day or two only, madam," he answered, with his face flushed with disappointment, for he had hoped his candour would have produced a very different effect. "But I may tell you frankly that Mr Eagle and[Pg 256] the crew know that you are on board, and I should have played my part ill had I not provided that nothing you can say, no entreaties that you can make, will persuade them that your elopement is not voluntary.".
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