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"Well, this is a nice state of affairs, isn't it? " whispered George, when he had recovered sufficiently from his astonishment to speak. "Looks as if we had jumped from the frying-pan into the fire."
"Yes," remarked Old Bill, "I've done lots of work fur them perlice. Ye see, I always hang out on the river -- can't get away from the smell o' the water. All the Hollbacks was sailors. Me father's name was -- -- "