[Facing the Flag by Jules Verne]@TWC D-Link bookFacing the Flag CHAPTER VII 13/19
I listen.
I hear no noise, either in the men's quarters, or on deck.
The sailors must all be asleep at this hour.
Here goes. I try to open the door, and find it is bolted on the outside, as I might have expected. I must give up the attempt, which, after all, had small chance of success. The best thing I can do, is to go to sleep, for I am weary of mind, if not of body.
I am restless and racked by conflicting thoughts, and apprehensions of I know not what.
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