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And ship and cargo safe, too; you may thank me for that.

Thank thee for it!

Ay, marry! had we not lightened our vessel of that unhallowed murderer, she and all she contained would have been, long ere now, at the bottom.

Say no more of that: it makes the blood turn in my veins to think of it. If all the unhallowed part of our living freight had been so disposed of, we should have come to shore most grievously curtailed of our numbers.

By our blessed Lady! there comes my mother.

My dear boy! art thou safe? Thou hast had a sad bout of it on that stormy sea, since I parted with thee yesterday morning.

Good landlady, we are in want of food and a good fire to warm us by; show us the nearest way to thy house, which is not far off, as I guess.

Hold on your way along the shore, and I'll overtake you presently, when I have gathered a few more of these limpets.