[Mary Anerley by R. D. Blackmore]@TWC D-Link bookMary Anerley CHAPTER IX 15/19
Do you know how he came upon this coast, and how he has won his extraordinary name ?" "I have certainly heard rumors; scarcely any two alike.
But I took no heed of them.
My duty was to catch him; and it mattered not a straw to me who or what he was.
But now I must really beg to know all about him, and what makes you think such things of him.
Why should that excellent old couple hang upon him? and what can make him worth such a quantity of money? Honestly, of course, I mean; honestly worth it, ma'am, without any cheating of his Majesty." "Captain Carroway," his hostess said, not without a little blush, as she thought of the king and his revenue, "cheating of his Majesty is a thing we leave for others.
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