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Chapter 3

           Hewouldbabbleofcurrenttopics,revealingawideacquaintancewithnewspapersandagreattendencytophilosophiseinasententiousvillagefashion.

           TowardtheendofthesecondhourIfearedmyquartofwhiskeywouldnotbeenoughtoproduceresults,andwaswonderingwhetherIhadbetterleaveoldZadokandgobackformore.Justthen,however,chancemadetheopeningwhichmyquestionshadbeenunabletomake;andthewheezingancient’sramblingtookaturnthatcausedmetoleanforwardandlistenalertly.Mybackwastowardthefishy-smellingsea,buthewasfacingitandsomethingorotherhadcausedhiswanderinggazetolightonthelow,distantlineofDevilReef,thenshowingplainlyandalmostfascinatinglyabovethewaves.Thesightseemedtodispleasehim,forhebeganaseriesofweakcurseswhichendedinaconfidentialwhisperandaknowingleer.Hebenttowardme,tookholdofmycoatlapel,andhissedoutsomehintsthatcouldnotbemistaken,

           "Thar’swharitallbegunthatcursedplaceofallwickednesswharthedeepwaterstarts.Gateo’hellsheerdropdaowntoabottomnosaoundin’-linekintech.Ol’Cap’nObeddoneithimthatfaoundaoutmore’nwasgoodferhimintheSaouthSeaislands.

           "Everybodywasinabadwaythemdays.Tradefallin’off,millslosin’businesseventhenewonesan’thebestofourmenfolkskiltaprivateerin’intheWarof1812orlostwiththeElizybrigan’theRangerscowbothon’emGilmanventers.

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