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Nell walked rapidly and talking quickly as they went down to the jetty, and it was not until the _Annie Laurie_ was slipping out into the bay that she grew silent and thoughtful. She sat in the stern with her arm over the tiller, her eyes cast down, her face grave; and Drake, feeling uncomfortable, said at last:
"Might one offer a penny for your thoughts, Miss Nell?"