"Yep. They're in a can in my pocket. Did Croaker come back?" he inquired, as the two made their way down the path.
davan, "Mr Greyquill!" cried Miss Acton. "Why, he may have come with news of Lucy. Bid him step in!"
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davan "I quite agree, but it is so unusual for Tupman to be out of bed at this hour that we[Pg 79] cannot but think that something very important and dangerous has called him from his moorings. No, sister, the flat-bottomed boats are not in sight yet, and I suspect we shall have to go on staring for many a week, and many a month, if not for ever, before we sight them coming along in a shoal with the little cocked-hatted usurper, his arms folded upon his breast, watching the van from the hindmost, for he is one of those mighty conquerors who are very careful of their own precious carcasses.".
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