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"He left the deck when the frigate fired a gun," replied Mr Eagle, "and I haven't seen him since.","There now. Nobody 'ud believe it. An' yet I saw it.",Again the poor old Admiral bowed, this time with a glow of pride, because a sentence of praise from the mighty Nelson excited in the heart of this old sailor a transport that the highest honour conferred by the King himself could not have induced.,"She shall look as smart as she can be made[Pg 95] to look, sir," answered Mr Lawrence. "Permit me to conduct you on board, madam.","It's jest a bad cold he's caught," Billy reassured her. "He's so hoarse he can't speak.",The Admiral made his son welcome with unusual warmth.,"Oh Willium," she cried, "my heart is breakin'. Oh to think how I misjedged him!","Why, sakes alive!" cried his mother, "I never give Maurice a thought. O' course we'll have him, too. An' if there happens to be anybody else you'd like, you best say so now, Willium.","Good lads!" cried Cobin heartily, "Ma, hear that? They found ol' Junefly. Wasn't that smart of 'em, an' in all that rain, too.","Send the people about and make enquiries," answered Captain Acton. "She is making calls. It is the Minorca that has disappeared.",Mr. Johnston smiled. "Very well. The girl with the handkerchief to her eyes, the one dressed in white and blue, five seats down, will come forward for punishment.","Where is she?" asked Pledge..