[With Frederick the Great by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookWith Frederick the Great CHAPTER 15: Escaped 3/34
That will do. "Now, which of you is the captain ?" "I am," the man sitting farthest from the door said. "Very well.
Now, have you spare clothes on board ?" "Yes, my lord," he replied, in a tone that showed that he had not yet recovered from his first stupefaction, "we have our Sunday suits." "We don't want them," Fergus said.
"We want the three suits that you have on.
What do you value them at ?" "Anything you like, my lord." "No, I want to know how much they cost when new." The man asked his two comrades, and then mentioned the total. "Very well, we will give you that.
Then you will have no reason for grumbling, for you will get three new suits for three old ones. "Now do you--" and he touched the man nearest to him "-- take off your coat, waistcoat, breeches, neck handkerchief, and boots, and then get into that bunk." The man did as he was ordered, as did the other two, in succession. As they did so, Captain Ritzer had gone up on deck and returned with a coil of thin rope that he had cut off.
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