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Mary Anerley

CHAPTER XV
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Ah! you see something particular; my dear, what is it ?" "Captain Carroway has found something, or somebody, of great importance.
He has got a man by the collar, and he is absolutely dancing with delight.

Ah! there he goes, dragging him along the deck as if he were a cod-fish or a conger.

And now, I declare, he is lashing his arms and legs with a great thick rope.

Papa, is that legal, without even a warrant ?" "I can hardly say how far his powers may extend, and he is just the man to extend them farther.

I only hope not to be involved in the matter.
Maritime law is not my province." "But, papa, it is much within three miles of the shore, if that has got anything to do with it.


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