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Kitty searched diligently and found the object of her quest on the

ainst one of the deck supports and

reading from a book which lay flat on the broad teak rail, in a blue

shadow The sea smiled at Kitty and Kitty smiled at the sea Men are

not the only adventurers; they have noindeed, for she did not know into what

dangers it ht eventually lead her

"Mr Webb?"

Tho me, miss?"

"If you are not too busy"

"Really, no I have been reading" He closed the book, loose-leafed

from frequent perusals "I am at your service"

"Do you read much, Mr Webb?"

The reiteration of the prefix to his name awakened hier thethe man

"Perhaps, for a rew"

Kitty's scarlet lips stirred ever so slightly It was the first time

he had added the na the

wonized

"May I ask what it is you are reading?"

He offered the book to her Morte d'Arthur Kitty's eyebrows, a