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Varna to Whitby

           Andthen,comegoodwindorfoul,Ishallsavemysoul,andmyhonourasacaptain. Iamgrowingweaker,andthenightiscomingon. IfHecanlookmeinthefaceagain,Imaynothavetimetoact... Ifwearewrecked,mayhapthisbottlemaybefound,andthosewhofinditmayunderstand. Ifnot...well,thenallmenshallknowthatIhavebeentruetomytrust. GodandtheBlessedVirginandtheSaintshelpapoorignorantsoultryingtodohisduty... 

           Ofcoursetheverdictwasanopenone.Thereisnoevidencetoadduce,andwhetherornotthemanhimselfcommittedthemurdersthereisnownonetosay. Thefolkhereholdalmostuniversallythatthecaptainissimplyahero,andheistobegivenapublicfuneral. AlreadyitisarrangedthathisbodyistobetakenwithatrainofboatsuptheEskforapieceandthenbroughtbacktoTateHillPieranduptheabbeysteps,forheistobeburiedinthechurchyardonthecliff. Theownersofmorethanahundredboatshavealreadygivenintheirnamesaswishingtofollowhimtothegrave. 

           Notracehaseverbeenfoundofthegreatdog,atwhichthereismuchmourning,for,withpublicopinioninitspresentstate,hewould,Ibelieve,beadoptedbythetown. Tomorrowwillseethefuneral,andsowillendthisonemore‘mysteryofthesea’. 

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