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"To night, madam, we shall be on shore. I cannot offer you very good quarters at first, but you shall find conveyance to Sierra Leone shortly, from whence you can sail for England." TO NIGHT MADAM WE SHALL BE ON SHORE I CANNOT OFFER YOU VERY GOOD QUARTERS AT FIRST BUT YOU SHALL FIND CONVEYANCE TO SIERRA LEONE SHORTLY FROM WHENCE YOU CAN SAIL FOR ENGLAND
r of the slaver that she was afraid to acknowledge not only to her mother, but indeed to herself. The tones of his voice came over her heart like the memory of music that we have heard at some distant time, and in some forgotten place; his eyes betrayed to her the love he dared not speak, and when she did pause to consider their relation towards each other, she half shuddered, and said to herself, "Would to heaved this man was a poor mechanic, anything but a slaver! How can I give my confidence to him, and yet how can I withhold it, for he wins from me my very thoughts!" One evening just after sunset, Miss Huntington and her mother had been tarrying on the quarter deck for a long while, watching the conversation going on between the ship and the shore by means of flags, and observing that the "Sea Witch" had run in closer than usual, the mother asked: "Shall we not land before long, Captain Ratlin? We have been in the vicinity of the shore so long, that I begin to feel quite impatient. E FELT AN INTEREST IN THE COMMANDER OF THE SLAVER THAT SHE WAS AFRAID TO ACKNOWLEDGE NOT ONLY TO HER MOTHER BUT INDEED TO HERSELF THE TONES OF HIS VOICE CAME OVER HER HEART LIKE THE MEMORY OF MUSIC THAT WE HAVE HEARD AT SOME DISTANT TIME AND IN SOME FORGOTTEN PLACE HIS EYES BETRAYED TO HER THE LOVE HE DARED NOT SPEAK AND WHEN SHE DID PAUSE TO CONSIDER THEIR RELATION TOWARDS EACH OTHER SHE HALF SHUDDERED AND SAID TO HERSELF WHAT TO HEAVE THIS MAN WAS A POOR MECHANIC ANYTHING BUT A SLAVER HOW CAN I GIVE MY CONFIDENCE TO HIM AND YET HOW CAN I WITHHOLD IT FOR HE WINS FOR ME MY VERY THOUGHTS ONE EVENING JUST AFTER SUNSET MISS HUNTINGTON AND HER MOTHER HAD BEEN TARRYING ON THE QUARTER DECK FOR A LONG WHILE WATCHING THE CONVERSATION GOING ON BETWEEN THE SHIP AND SHORE BY MEANS OF FLAGS AND OBSERVING THAT THE SEA WITCH HAD RUN IN CLOSER THAN USUAL THE MOTHER ASKED SHALL WE NOT LAND BEFORE LONG CAPTAIN RATLIN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHORE SO LONG THAT I BEGIN TO FEEL QUITE IMPATIENT
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