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Chapter 1
Allarewashedinthebloodofthesun.CoincidenceIjusthappenedtobeintheKildarestreetmuseumtoday,shortlypriortoourmeetingifIcansocallit,andIwasjustlookingatthoseantiquestatuesthere.Thesplendidproportionsofhips,bosom.Yousimplydon’tknockagainstthosekindofwomenhere.Anexceptionhereandthere.Handsomeyes,prettyinawayyoufindbutwhatI’mtalkingaboutisthefemaleform.Besidestheyhavesolittletasteindress,mostofthem,whichgreatlyenhancesawoman’snaturalbeauty,nomatterwhatyousay.Rumpledstockings,itmaybe,possiblyis,afoibleofminebutstillit’sathingIsimplyhatetosee.
Interest,however,wasstartingtoflagsomewhatallroundandthentheothersgotontotalkingaboutaccidentsatsea,shipslostinafog,collisionswithicebergs,allthatsortofthing.Shipahoyofcoursehadhisownsaytosay.Hehaddoubledthecapeafewoddtimesandweatheredamonsoon,akindofwind,intheChinaseasandthroughallthoseperilsofthedeeptherewasonething,hedeclared,stoodtohimorwordstothateffect,apiousmedalhehadthatsavedhim.
SothenafterthattheydriftedontothewreckoffDaunt’srock,wreckofthatillfatedNorwegianbarquenobodycouldthinkofhernameforthemomenttillthejarveywhohadreallyquitealookofHenryCampbellremembereditPalmeonBooterstownstrand.
