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Six o'clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship's side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.