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Before the woman had time to speak a thunderous step was heard on the companion stairs, and Le Farge broke into the saloon. The man's face was injected with blood, his eyes were fixed and glassy like the eyes of a drunkard, and the veins stood on his temples like twisted cords.
"Get those children ready! " he shouted, as he rushed into his own cabin. "Get you all ready -- boats are being swung out and victualled. H -- -- -l! where are those papers?"