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"Here you are safe on board the brig, Master Dunn, and in good season," Captain Weston said as he grasped my hand. "I'm glad of it, for I've changed my mind since I left you, and we'll heave anchor and be off tonight. First of all, however, let me introduce you to my first mate. Master Thomas Marshall, this is our second officer, Master Arthur Dunn."
As he spoke, a young fellow, who looked scarcely older than myself, though I learned later that he was just over twenty-one, stepped forward and offered me his hand.