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"Fortunate, my dear? I don't exactly know about that. Here we have been confined at this slave factory, little better than the slaves themselves, these four weeks." FORTUNATE MY DEAR I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW ABOUT THAT HERE WE HAVE BEEN CONFINED AT THIS SLAVE FACTORY LITTLE BETTER THAN THE SLAVES THEMSELVES THESE FOUR WEEKS
ramble had found an opportunity that afternoon to see Maud, and to learn from her that Captain Ratlin almost always slept on board his ship, departing soon after dark for the spot through the jungle. Satisfied of this, Capt. Bramble once more proceeded to make his arrangements, for to have seized the vessel without her commander on board would have been to perform but half the business he had laid out for the night's engagement. But all seemed now propitious, and he awaited the darkness with impatience, when he might disembark a couple of boat loads of sailors and marines, and with the Quadroon for guide follow the path through the jungle to where the "Sea Witch" lay. "Why do you muse so long and lonely, my child?" asked Mr. Huntington of her daughter that afternoon, as she came in and surprised her gazing out at a window vacantly. "O, I hardly know, dear mother. I was thinking over our strange fortune since we left Calcutta, the wreck, the nights in the boat, and our fortunate rescue. HE MEANTIME CAPTAIN BRAMBLE HAD FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY THAT AFTERNOON TO SEE MAUD AND TO LEARN FROM HER THAT CAPTAIN RATLIN ALMOST ALWAYS SLEPT ON BOARD HIS SHIP DEPARTING SOON AFTER DARK FOR THE SPOT THROUGH THE JUNGLE SATISFIED OF THIS CAPTAIN BRAMBLE ONCE MORE PROCEEDED TO MAKE HIS ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO HAVE SEIZED THE VESSEL WITHOUT HER COMMANDER ON BOARD WOULD HAVE BEEN TO PERFORM BUT HALF THE BUSINESS HE HAD LAID OUT FOR THE NIGHT'S ENGAGEMENT BUT ALL SEEMED NOW PROPITIOUS AND HE AWAITED THE DARKNESS WITH IMPATIENCE WHEN HE MIGHT DISEMBARK A COUPLE OF BOAT LOADS OF SAILORS AND MARINES AND WITH THE QUADROON FOR GUIDE FOLLOW THE PATH THROUGH THE JUNGLE TO WHERE THE SEA WITCH LAY WHY DO YOU MUSE SO LONG AND LONELY MY CHILD ASKED MISSUS HUNTINGTON OF HER DAUGHTER THAT AFTERNOON AS SHE CAME IN AND SURPRISED HER GAZING OUT AT A WINDOW VACANTLY OH I HARDLY KNOW MY DEAR MOTHER I WAS THINKING OVER OUR STRANGE FORTUNE SINCE WE LEFT CALCUTTA THE WRECK THE NIGHTS IN THE BOAT OUR FORTUNATE RESCUE
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