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In theat a piece of cold

salt beef with a table knife The

his eyes over that task, explained that the carver belonging to the mess-

room could not be found The steward, present also, cos into his galley and then lost them

Mr Franklin tried to pacify him with mournful firmness

"There, there! That will do We who have been all these years together

in the ship have other things to think about than quarrelling a

ourselves"

Mr Powell thought with exasperation: "Here he goes again," for this

utterance had nothing cryptic for hi withdrawn

morosely, he was not surprised to hear thethe mizzen topsail tie had carried away (probably a

defective link) and so like forty feet of chain and wire-rope,

mixed up with a few heavy iron blocks, had crashed down fro racket

"Did you notice the captain then, Mr Powell Did you notice?"

Powell confessed frankly that he was too scared hiear cain-block missed his head by an inch," went on the mate