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 1    2,    7|                    CHAPTER VII THE QUARTERMASTER OF THE “BRITANNIA”~THE surprise
 2    2,    7|           my Lord; Captain Grant’s quartermaster.”~“And saved with him after
 3    2,    7|        veracity or identity of the quartermaster; but the Major, and perhaps
 4    2,    7|        more about our father.”~The quartermaster did his best to satisfy
 5    2,    7|         the sailor said, “You were quartermaster, you say, on the BRITANNIA?”~“
 6    2,    7| able-bodied seaman, was engaged as quartermaster on board the three-mast
 7    2,    8|               I will, Ayrton.”~The quartermaster was warmly thanked by the
 8    2,    8|           with a sailor’s eye, the quartermaster of the BRITANNIA was as
 9    2,    8|          Seventeen!” exclaimed the quartermaster. “Why, not a man-of-war—
10    2,    8|            face and manners of the quartermaster.~During the dinner, Ayrton
11    2,   10|            cattle on the road.~The quartermaster proved right, for as the
12    2,   10|              said Glenarvan to the quartermaster.~“No, my Lord; but the passage
13    2,   11|           said John Mangles to the quartermaster.~“I know no more about him
14    2,   11|       Black-Point brand,” said the quartermaster. “That enables them to track
15    2,   13|    noticing the EMPRESSMENT of the quartermaster—an EMPRESSMENT which, moreover,
16    2,   13|            this direct appeal, the quartermaster looked at Glenarvan, and
17    2,   14|          precisely what befell his quartermaster, Ayrton,” said John Mangles.~“
18    2,   15|              said Glenarvan to the quartermaster.~“And worth capturing still
19    2,   15|          track of Harry Grant, the quartermaster would be better able to
20    2,   15|            up to their flanks. The quartermaster turned them out with the
21    2,   16|            there was no reply. The quartermaster seemed uneasy, and his companions
22    2,   16|         nothing more,” replied the quartermaster, looking firmly at the Major.~
23    2,   16|              and what is more, the quartermaster has given us incontestable
24    2,   16|        pushing the wheels, and the quartermaster urging on the team with
25    2,   16|        well, my Lord,” replied the quartermaster, un-yoking the exhausted
26    2,   16|      agreement in opinion with the quartermaster.~But John Mangles said, “
27    2,   16|         Glenarvan decided that the quartermaster’s plan should be adopted
28    2,   16|            eyes were turned on the quartermaster, who said, with the air
29    2,   16|           It was quite evident the quartermaster was the fittest man for
30    2,   16|       satisfaction shot across the quartermaster’s face. He turned away his
31    2,   16|     distrust of Ayrton revive.~The quartermaster made immediate preparations
32    2,   16|     Twofold Bay. He introduced the quartermaster to him as a man worthy of
33    2,   17|        instinctive distrust of the quartermaster. Two or three insignificant
34    2,   17|         the blacksmith. ‘A capital quartermaster, with his invention of shipwreck.’ ‘
35    2,   17|        Grant, and also that he was quartermaster on the BRITANNIA. These
36    2,   17|          how and why Harry Grant’s quartermaster comes to be in Australia?”~“
37    3,    1|          Ayrton had certainly been quartermaster on the BRITANNIA, and the
38    3,    2|           capsized and filled. The quartermaster in command was instantly
39    3,    2|      killed; the other two and the quartermaster were able to swim to the
40    3,   16|            sailor called Ayrton, a quartermaster on the BRITANNIA.”~“Yes,
41    3,   16|           Just this, that when the quartermaster of the BRITANNIA heard our
42    3,   16|          them with the fact of the quartermaster’s presence on board, and
43    3,   17|            Joyce.”~The lips of the quartermaster trembled slightly and a
44    3,   17|           you, or are you not, the quartermaster of the BRITANNIA?”~Ayrton
45    3,   17|         the contrary, I am Ayrton, quartermaster of the BRITANNIA.”~Ayrton
46    3,   17|            what I demand,” was the quartermaster’s reply.~Then he turned
47    3,   17|      renewed his attempts with the quartermaster, but promises and threats
48    3,   17|            Was the presence of the quartermaster on the Australian continent
49    3,   17|       against the obstinacy of the quartermaster. When a man had failed,
50    3,   17|      ladies were closeted with the quartermaster, but nothing transpired
51    3,   17|      consequence of this, when the quartermaster was being taken back to
52    3,   17|         among the sailors that the quartermaster had yielded to the persuasions
53    3,   17|           with Mary Grant, and the quartermaster was brought into the saloon
54    3,   18|          CONFESSION~As soon as the quartermaster was brought into the presence
55    3,   18|         Yes, my Lord,” replied the quartermaster.~“Did you wish for a private
56    3,   18|            it is not,” replied the quartermaster quietly. “Then of course
57    3,   18|           do not ask it,” said the quartermaster proudly.~“Then, what is
58    3,   18|            Major. They thought the quartermaster in the possession of an
59    3,   18|      auditors, especially when the quartermaster added:~“So I tell you beforehand,
60    3,   18|       right, my Lord,” replied the quartermaster.~Was this strange man glad
61    3,   18|          am really Tom Ayrton, the quartermaster of the BRITANNIA. I left
62    3,   18|          date?”~“Yes,” replied the quartermaster, “for the BRITANNIA did
63    3,   18|            in my true character as quartermaster, offering to guide you to
64    3,   18|           coming to my terms.”~The quartermaster said no more, but crossed
65    3,   18|        much, my Lord,” replied the quartermaster, “that Captain Grant intended
66    3,   18|           cannot answer,” said the quartermaster.~“Well, Ayrton,” said Glenarvan, “
67    3,   18|            wait our decision.”~The quartermaster withdrew, guarded by the
68    3,   19|            they had counted on the quartermaster, and the quartermaster knew
69    3,   19|         the quartermaster, and the quartermaster knew nothing which could
70    3,   19|          case, we cannot leave the quartermaster there.”~“No,” replied the
71    3,   20|        Ayrton. Grant confirmed the quartermaster’s confession as far as his
72    3,   20|          the disembarkation of the quartermaster. Ayrton was brought up on
73    3,   20|       Glenarvan then addressed the quartermaster.~“It is still your wish,
74    3,   20|          between Glenarvan and the quartermaster. The boat was ready and
75    3,   20|            of powder and shot. The quartermaster could commence a new life
76    3,   20|           passengers could see the quartermaster gazing at the ship, standing