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Fair Margaret

CHAPTER XXIII
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Will you play this game for the love of a good man and the rest of us?
If you succeed, you shall be rich for life, all of you." "Aye," answered the captain, "and there's my hand on it.

So sure as my name is Smith, we will hook him out of that hell if men can do it, and not for the money either.

Why, Peter, we have sat here idle so long, waiting for you and our lady, that we shall be glad of the fun.

At any rate, there will be some dead Spaniards before they have done with us, and, if we are worsted, I'll leave the mate and enough hands upon the ship to bring her safe to Tilbury.

But we won't be--we won't be.


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