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For on ship board they were under his care, and besides, as she admitted to her mother, she had good reason for supposing that Captain Will Ratlin, for thus the mother knew him still, was at Bay Salo, as Don Leonardo's factory was called on the coast. FOR ON SHIPBOARD THEY WERE UNDER HIS CARE AND BESIDES AS SHE ADMITTED TO HER MOTHER SHE HAD GOOD REASON FOR SUPPOSING THAT CAPTAIN WILL RATLIN FOR THUS THE MOTHER KNEW HIM STILL WAS AT BAY SALO AS DON LEONARDO'S FACTORY WAS CALLED ON THE COAST
atisfaction. He had seen a sail, evidently a large merchantman, and begged Don Leonardo to go up and see if together they could not make the stranger out more fully. Charles, himself, thought that she was heavy and evidently steering for the small bay on which the factory stood. But their curiosity was soon to be satisfied, for spar after spar gradually became more and more clearly defined, until at last the deck itself could be seen, and St. George's cross observed flying saucily in the breeze. The ship was a British sloop-of-war, and so it proved. In an hour more, Captain Robert Bramble came on shore, accompanied by Helen and her mother, with Maud Leonardo. As it afterwards appeared, Maud desired to be brought back to her father, and the English ship was but performing its appointed duty in cruising on the coast; while Helen knowing that Charles had come hither, persuaded her mother that it was best to sail with Captain Bramble, rather than stop in Sierra Leone among utter strangers. G WITH INWARD SATISFACTION HE HAD SEEN A SAIL EVIDENTLY A LARGE MERCHANTMAN AND BEGGED DON LEONARDA TO GO UP AND SEE IF TOGETHER THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE STRANGER OUT MORE FULLY CHARLES HIMSELF THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A HEAVY AND EVIDENTLY STEERING FOR THE SMALL BAY ON WHICH THE FACTORY STOOD BUT THEIR CURIOSITY WAS SOON TO BE SATISFIED FOR SPAR AFTER SPAR GRADUALLY BECAME MORE AND MORE CLEARLY DEFINED UNTIL AT LAST THE DECK ITSELF COULD BE SEEN AND SAINT GEORGE'S CROSS OBSERVED FLYING SAUCILY IN THE BREEZE THE SHIP WAS A BRITISH SLOOP OF WAR AND SO IT PROVED IN AN HOUR MORE CAPTAIN ROBERT BRAMBLE CAME ON SHORE ACCOMPANIED BY HELEN AND HER MOTHER WITH MAUDELEY AND ARDO AS IT AFTERWARDS APPEARED MAUD DESIRED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO HER FATHER AND THE ENGLISH SHIP WAS BUT PERFORMING ITS APPOINTED DUTY IN CRUISING ON THE COAST WHILE HELEN KNOWING THAT CHARLES HAD COME HITHER PERSUADED HER MOTHER THAT IT WAS BEST TO SAIL WITH CAPTAIN BRAMBLE RATHER THAN STOP AT SIERRA LEONE AMONG OTHER STRANGERS
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