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One evening Captain Lester of the _Maritana_, then lying in Sydney harbour "awaiting orders," called on Mrs. Brabant at the Royal Hotel.
-"I have just received this from Captain Brabant, madam," he said with studied, but cold politeness, as he handed her a letter.