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"I know you will do this," she replied, "and if my looks betrayed any anxiety, it was not for our safety, but for your own, Captain Ratlin." "My safety, lady? do you then consider that worth your anxiety?" he asked, with unmistakable earnestness in his voice. I KNOW YOU WILL DO THIS SHE REPLIED AND IF MY LOOKS BETRAYED ANY ANXIETY IT WAS NOT FOR OUR SAFETY BUT FOR YOUR OWN CAPTAIN RATLIN MY SAFETY LADY DO YOU THEN CONSIDER THAT WORTH YOUR ANXIETY HE ASKED WITH UNMISTAKABLE EARNESTNESS IN HIS VOICE
or an hour, then to haul up on the wind and run in shore again. "Is it usual, Captain Ratlin," asked the young and beautiful girl, "for vessels on the coast to so dread meeting each other as to deliberately alter their course when this seems likely to be the case?" "Trade is peculiar on this coast, and men-of-warsmen take extraordinary liberties on board such vessels as they happen to overhaul," was the reply. "I always avoid their company when I can do so conveniently." As Captain Ratlin said this, his eyes met those of his companion for a moment, which were bent anxiously upon his face, as though she would read his inmost thoughts. He noted the expression, and replied at once: "Whatever suspicion or fear may have entered Miss Huntington's mind, I beg of her to dispel, as it regards her own and her mother's safety and comfort. Both shall be my sole care until you are safely landed upon shore, where I shall at the earliest moment place you in a situation to reach your homes in England.  KEPT ON HER PRESENT COURSE FOR AN HOUR THEN TO HAUL UP ON THE WIND AND RUN IN SHORE AGAIN IS IT USUAL CAPTAIN RATLIN ASKED THE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL FOR VESSELS ON THE COAST TO SO DREAD MEETING EACH OTHER AS TO DELIBERATELY ALTER THEIR COURSES WHEN THIS SEEMS LIKELY TO BE THE CASE TRADE IS PECULIAR ON THIS COAST AND MEN OF WARSMEN TAKE EXTRAORDINARY LIBERTIES ON BOARD SUCH VESSELS AS THEY HAPPEN TO OVERHAUL WAS THE REPLY I ALWAYS AVOID THEIR COMPANY WHEN I CAN DO SO CONVENIENTLY AS CAPTAIN RATLIN SAID THIS HIS EYES MET THOSE OF HIS COMPANION FOR A MOMENT WHICH WERE BENT ANXIOUSLY UPON HIS FACE AS THOUGH SHE WOULD READ HIS INMOST THOUGHTS HE NOTED THE EXPRESSION AND REPLIED AT ONCE WHATEVER SUSPICION OR FEAR MAY HAVE ENTERED MISS HUNTINGTON'S MIND I BEG OF HER TO DISPEL AS IT REGARDS HER OWN AND HER MOTHER'S SAFETY AND COMFORT BOTH SHALL BE MY SOLE CARE UNTIL YOU ARE SAFELY LANDED UPON SHORE WHERE I SHALL AT THE EARLIEST MOMENT PLACE YOU IN A SITUATION TO REACH YOUR HOMES IN ENGLAND
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