[Blix by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookBlix CHAPTER IX 10/17
And for that matter it made little difference whether the captain remembered them or not. "No, we don't get many visitors," the Captain went on, as he led them out of the station and down the small gravel walk to the house where the surf-boat was kept.
"This is a quiet station.
People don't fetch out this way very often, and we're not called out very often, either. We're an inside post, you see, and usually we don't get a call unless the sea's so high that the Cliff House station can't launch their boat. So, you see, we don't go out much, but when we DO, it means business with a great big B.
Now, this here, you see," continued the Captain, rolling back the sliding doors of the house, "is the surf-boat.
By the way, let's see; I ain't just caught your names yet." "Well, my name's Rivers," said Condy, "and this is Miss Bessemer. We're both from the city." "Happy to know you, sir; happy to know you, miss," he returned, pulling off his cap.
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