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The Light That Failed

CHAPTER VII
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That must be the Barralong, or the Bhutia.

No, the Bhutia has a clopper bow.

It's the Barralong, to Australia.

She'll lift the Southern Cross in a week,--lucky old tub!--oh, lucky old tub!' He stared intently, and moved up the slope of the fort to get a better view, but the mist on the sea thickened again, and the beating of the screws grew fainter.

Maisie called to him a little angrily, and he returned, still keeping his eyes to seaward.


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