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THE CAPTAIN'S VISIT.—HOMEWARD BOUND.—BROTHER AND SISTER.
at last the expected draft arrived, and the party were to leave for Halifax the next day in the Cunard steamer. La Salle had invited Captain Randall to spend the evening in a private parlor1 of the hotel, and at eight o'clock he was ushered2 in, and found no other guest save his first mate, Mr. Blake, who was still first officer of the Mercedes.
The table was well spread with delicacies3, and although some constraint4 existed, the wine did its work, and soon Blake and Randall were laughing and joking, as if no cause for ill-feeling existed between them. At Randall's request La Salle gave a summary of their adventures, concluding the recital5 as follows:—
"Thus passed the long days of our anxious drift, until your vessel6 steamed back to her old sealing-ground, and we left forever behind us our ice-built hut and the Deadman's Berg."[Pg 314]
The effect was magical. The smiles faded from the faces of the guests. Randall's lips were drawn7 and thin, his eyes fixed8 and glittering, and one hand stole stealthily to his hip9. Regnar, too, was pale, but not with fear, and his hand grasped the hilt of the antique dagger10.
"Let me help you to some of this, captain," said La Salle; and rising, he uncovered a small dish before him, and taking from thence a pair of Derringers, presented them at the head of his astounded
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faltered
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orphans
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corpse
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talisman
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sheathed
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futility
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catching
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disposition
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denomination
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rascal
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taunted
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gallows
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spoke
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forfeit
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confession
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divulge
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vengeance
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Christian
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conveyance
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| n.(不动产等的)转让,让与;转让证书;传送;运送;表达;(正)运输工具 | |
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rattle
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mutual
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kindly
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creek
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marsh
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disconsolately
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philosophically
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lapse
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exchequer
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gathering
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savage
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sketches
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honeymoon
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auspices
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