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I've my belief," announced Corona, "Brother Clerihew was speaking through his hat.

There's nobody but Uncle Copas knows anything about this place--him and the Lord Almighty; and as the chief engineer told me aboard the _Carnatic_, when I kept asking him how soon we should get to England, He won't split under a quart.

The trouble is, Uncle Copas won't lay up for visitors.

Manby, at the lodge, says he's too proud.