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His voice was hardly raised, yet it thrilled the hearer. His face seemed
the epitome of cunning, and the captain recoiled from it as from a blow.
'What for?' said he.
'Luck,' said Huish. 'Substantial guarantee demanded.'
And he continued to hold out his hand.
'I don't see the good of any such tomfoolery,' said the other.
'I do, though,' returned Huish. 'Gimme your 'and and say the words; then
you'll 'ear my view of it. Don't, and you won't.'
The captain went through the required form, breathing short, and gazing
on the clerk with anguish. What to fear, he knew not; yet he feared
slavishly what was to fall from the pale lips.
'
Now, if you'll excuse me 'alf a second,' said Huish, 'I'll go and fetch
the byby.'
'
'
The baby?' said Davis. 'What's that?'
Fragile. With care. This side up,' replied the clerk with a wink, as he
disappeared.
He returned, smiling to himself, and carrying in his hand a silk
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