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One of the 28th

CHAPTER X
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Anyhow, I don't think I should neglect the warning, Conway.

You might be killed and thrown over the cliff, and no one be the wiser for it.

I should certainly advise you to give up mooning about." "But there is nothing to do in this wretched village," Ralph said discontentedly.
"Not if you stop in the village, I grant; but you might do as Desmond and I do when we are off duty; go over and take lunch at the Ryans', or Burkes', or any of the other families where we have a standing invitation.

They are always glad to see one, and there's plenty of fun to be had." "That's all very well for you, O'Connor.

You are a captain and a single man, and one of their countrymen, with lots to say for yourself; but it is a different thing with me altogether.


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