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Even five months before, when the Bellevite had sailed on her cruise, / the rumble of coming events had been heard in the United States; and it / had been an open question whether or not war would grow out of the / complications between the North and the South.
Only a few letters, and fewer newspapers, had reached the owner of / the yacht; and he and his family on board had been very indifferently / informed in regard to the progress of political events at home. Captain / Passford was one of those who confidently believed that no very serious / difficulty would result from the entanglements into which the country / had been plunged by the secession of the most of the Southern States.