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So would you, Willy MacGregor. He should not lookupon this thing. If we are to cross the river safely, then we need as much meat as wecan carry. Suddenly he made an impatient gesture to the woman who stood besidehim.

Very well, then, Sir Francis snapped. He flung on hiscanvas sea-jacket and fled up the ladder to the deck. He did not want to alertthe house slaves. Out on the Parade were the few stunned burghers andhouse slaves who were abroad at this time of the forenoon.