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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