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When the big dailies arrived at the Shanty containing accounts of the inquest, Lancaster was perfectly convinced that Jarman was right. Captain Berry was his enemy sure enough, though for the life of him Frank could not conjecture the cause of such hostility. Also it seemed as though Fairy Fan was likewise against him, since -- according to Frank -- she lied freely during her five minutes' evidence.
"Starth might have asked her to marry him," he explained to his friend, when they were strictly alone, "but I certainly never did."