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 1 6 |       question of expense.~“Never mind, my good Strock,” said he, “
 2 7 |      there!”~“Who?” I queried, my mind on anything but the web
 3 8 |            which still filled his mind. Our men continued everywhere
 4 8 |           True, Strock. And to my mind there is only one way of
 5 10|       owing to a curious state of mind easily explainable. For
 6 10|         peculiar hand-writing.~My mind worked eagerly. I sought
 7 13|        These thoughts occupied my mind as I awaited the captain’
 8 14|        captain must have lost his mind! And in truth was he not
 9 16|     seemed to reveal the state of mind of the remarkable personage
10 16| significant threats. His vehement mind had with time been roused
11 17|             Evidently my captor’s mind was obsessed by some other