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and they've always been lucky and always earned money.

I'm getting old, and it's about time I got a command.

But no; the old cuss has to take it into his head to go to sea again just as the berth's ripe for me to fall into." Again I started to enter the cabin, but was stopped by the mate.
"Mr.Pathurst?
You won't mention about my age ?" "No, certainly not, Mr.Pike," I said..