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The girl faced her father There was no doubting herstandards on her cheeks, and the

signal-flames of combat sparkled in her eyes

"How did you dare to do such a thing toon?

Father, have you lost your mind?"

Otie expressed the opinion tinder his breath that the captain, on the

contrary, had "lost his nu around the quarterdeck, kicking at

loose objects, and avoiding his daughter's resentful gaze There was

a note of insincerity in his bluster, as if he wanted to hide

es, as a squid colors water

when it fears capture

"After this you call e," he coh seas, and I propose to run my own

quarter-deck And when I let a crowd of dudes traipse on board here to

peek and spy and grin and flirt with you, you'll have claer-nails Now,to talk to you, father!"

"Ree, and back talk--"

"So aoing to have discipline on my own quarterdeck"