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 coming. The Captain was a patient man, but he loved that clock.

"I'll teach you, you pirate!" he shouted, trying to reach him under the sofa. But whichever side of the sofa the Captain tried, the Cat always managed to be on the other. Finally the Captain, very red in the face, got down on his stomach to reach better. Susannah heard him breathing hard, and stuck her turbaned head in through the door.

"What's the trouble, boss?" (She never could learn to say "skipper.")

But the Captain even now didn't want to admit how bad the Cat had been, especially to Susannah.

"I'm looking for my handker-