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"I'm growin' fifteen," said Billy gravely. "Me an' Ann's been goin' together fer quite a long spell.",He asked this question with much importance. Indeed, during the last two days he had manifested great interest in all that concerned the Merchant Service; had found out, for instance, and avowed the fact to Captain Acton, that our Colonial Empire was founded by British Merchant seamen who, in the employ of merchant adventurers, sailed into all parts of the globe and established settlements, and often fought for the preservation if not for the conquest of principalities over which the King's flag now waved. He also pointed to the Honourable East India Company, and asked if our own or any Navy were superior in their capacity and splendour to those ships, and whether our Navy treated their officers with so much consideration, liberality, and prudent foresight for each man's well-being.,"I 'low you're tryin' to coax him away fishin' er somethin'.",Perhaps he is afraid for her. Perhaps it is a gentle hint to her that the truth will be best. Whatever it may be, Mona understands him not at all. His mother glances up sharply.,Geoffrey says nothing. But Sir Nicholas, as though impulsively, says,—,Arkel looked up sharply.,"Does the ship call anywhere in England before her final departure for her port?" asked the Admiral in a voice that proclaimed his heart hot with bewilderment, doubt, and anger.,"He is not strong, you see: a little thing knocks him up, and he is too impressionable for a public career. But you are different.","I'll count ten, and then I'll go," she said to herself.,Olea the cook knitted slowly and thoughtfully.,“You’re not far off,” said Jerry, laughing. “But even if we’ve got to swim we won’t have to carry all our junk. Have you thought what a bully raft our air mattress will make?”,CHAPTER I BILLY WILSON'S STRATEGY.