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I retorted that the idea would have occurred to me plenty aoon
enough, and without anybody's help. I was slow about thinking,
maybe, but I was sure.

This matter warmed up into a quarrel; then into a fight; and
each man got pretty badly battered. As soon as I had got myself
mended up after a fashion, I ascended to the hurricane deck in a pretty

\TARMED UP lOTO A QUARREL.
sour humour. I found Captain McCord there, and said, as pleasantly
as my humour would permit—
* I have come to say good-bye, captain. I wish to go ashore at
Napoleon.1
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* Napoleon.*
The captain laughed ; but seeing that I was not in a jovial mood,
stopped that and said—