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The rapidity hich the sick ot off the poop must have

astonished the boatswain But Powell, at theinto the saloon froitation He entered swiftly but without noise and found hi sheen of the lamp on the other side

of the curtains visible only above the rod on which they ran The door

of Mr S

hilance that it was imperfectly closed "Yes," he

said to h the crack Of

that I a and

listening Horrible! Surely he must have been startled to hear and see

souess why I was co

in, but I suppose he must have been concerned" Concerned indeed! He

must have been thunderstruck, appalled

Powell's only distinct aim was to remove the suspected tumbler He had

no other plan, no other intention, no other thought Do aith it in

some manner Snatch it up and run out with it

You know that complete mastery of one fixed idea, not a reasonable but an