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On the fourth day they arrived at Malta, and our two midshipmen, as soon as they had settled with the padrone of the vessel, went up to the government house. They found the Governor in the veranda, who held out both his hands, one to each.
"Glad to see you, my lads. Well, Jack, how's the leg -- all right? don't limp? And your arm, Gascoigne?"