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 Through the orderly bustle of departure, Aunt Julia approached along the deck.

"Where's Chao Phya?" called her niece. "Mr. Scarlett's going to—"

In Aunt Julia's voice, as in her look, vexation strove with guilt.

"I have settled it," she announced. "These impudent officers forbade me to keep him with us. That was the last straw. I gave him to the cabin-boy to take ashore."