A Tall Ship / On Other Naval Occasions

ght, shining fitfully through flying clouds, illumined the face of the old house and the two road-stained figures standing under its walls. It was a lon

window-panes on the first floor. He and his captive waited in silence for some minutes; then he repeated

said a ma

d James. There was

the voice aga

the door? And don't wake Janet, whatever you do." Jane

an angle of the house into the shadow of the square Georgian porch. The bolts were being withdrawn as they reached the steps, and a tall,

morrow," was his laconic gr

or, and examining him curiously by the light of the candle. "But I'll tell you a

"It's the thin brass key. There's some quite decent brandy in the farthest bin on the right-hand s

of the stairs. "I want to have a yarn with you

le Bill stood in front of the dead ashes of his hearth considering his nephew through his eyeglass. "I

uth. "As comfortable as he deserves to be. He's a spy, Uncl

brandy cost me 180s. a dozen. Wouldn't he be better i

ay. I couldn't turn Fritz over to a policeman without attracting a certain amount of attention. Anyhow, it would leak out if I did. I've walked eighteen miles already since midnight,

ed Uncle Bill wearily, "and explain

e, while Sir William Thorogood, Professor of Chemistry and Adviser to th

im in the North Sea does for a chap's morals." He eyed his Uncle B

glass with a silk handkerchi

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