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"I arandfather, and all
his ancestors, pirates all I knohat I covet, and by the Lord!
nothing shall stop me, least of all the law I shall take my ohere
I find it"
"And now listen!" I concluded "I aot it Late poor, as you say, I shall be richer soon, for I
shall take, law or no law, consent or no consent, what I want, what I
will have And that is you!
"Each day, at eleven, Helena," I concluded, "I shall meet you on the
after deck, and shall try to be kind, try to be courteous----"
"Why, Harry----"
"Try to be calive you time to think And I, too,
ht, in case you had
really pledged yourself to another man"
"Suppose I had?" she asked, sphinx-like
"I will try to discover that Not that it would make any difference in
azed at me,
sphinx-like