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Hamer sat suddenly up in his bed. He slept always with his door open, and he was conscious of a dark figure blotting out the moonlight. His visitor tapped at the door, and a familiar voice hailed him.
"There's a boatload of young people from the _château_ here, sir," his _matelot_ announced.