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Deadham Hard

CHAPTER VI
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People come there from Marychurch to spend the day during the summer.

Old Timothy Proud, the lobster-catcher, who brought him round in his boat, lives at one of the cottages close to the Inn.

No," she repeated, "I have no conception who he is, and yet his face seemed familiar.

I had a feeling that I knew him quite well--had seen him often, oh! very often before." "Ah! then you were puzzled by some mysterious likeness,"-- Tom began eagerly, smiling at her.

And stopped short, open-mouthed, assailed by so apparently preposterous a recognition that for the minute it left him fairly speechless.
But Damaris, busy with her own sensations, her glance still following the blue-clad figure along the shore and out on to the tumble-down wooden jetty, failed to remark his embarrassment and thus gave him time to recover his scattered wits.
"Jennifer is bringing the ferry-boat across," she said presently, "so you won't have to wait much longer.


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