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Captain Bob Brandt dropped in to-day, looking brown and ruddy, and filling my office with, a breeze and freshness that seemed to have followed him all the way in from the sea.
"Just in, Captain? " I cried, springing to my feet, my fingers closing round his -- no more welcome visitor than Captain Bob ever pushes open my office door.