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_Back to the Fire Again. -- A Magnanimous Return. -- Catching at Straws. -- Two Total Strangers. -- Purely a Question of Precedence. -- "Hemmed in" and "Surrounded. " -- The Last Chance._
The Bank Manager looked across at Peter with an amused smile; he seemed quite friendly. Whether he was in Peter's cabin, or Peter in his, did not appear; and perhaps it was not of much consequence either way. If the cabin belonged to Mr. Perkins, he did not, at all events, appear to resent the intrusion.