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To save tiive you my hand, miss,' said Captain Jacobs

'No--please don't touchone foot forward two or three inches, bringing up the other behind it, and so on alternately--her lips colued to the plank, her hand to the rope, and her i narrowness of her footing Steps now shook the lower end of the board, and in an instant were up to her heels with a bound

'O, Owen, I a

'Don't, don't shake the plank or touch me, whatever you do

There, I a?' she continued, in a lower tone, turning round to hi her eyes fro on the firer, she acquired perceptions of the new-co order: unknown trousers; unknoaistcoat; unknown face The er

Off went the plank; the paddles started, stopped, backed, pattered in confusion, then revolved decisively, and the boat passed out into deep water

One or two persons had said, 'How d'ye do, Mr Springrove?' and looked at Cytherea, to see how she bore her disappointhts directly to address her

'Miss Graye, I believe?' he said, lifting his hat

'Yes,' said Cytherea, colouring, and trying not to look guilty of a surreptitious knowledge of hiate Castle about an hour ago, and soon afterwardsthat way He had been deceived in the distance, and was about to turn without seeing the ruin, on account of a la or foot

I proposed that he should go on, since he had got so near; and afterwards, instead of walking back to the boat, get across to Anglebury Station--a shorter walk for hio directly home I could let you knohat he had done, and allay any uneasiness' 'Is the la himself Still, it was just as well to ride home' Relieved frohtly to exarove--who now removed his hat for a while, to cool himself