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n liberty to almost half his crew, who were now forag­ing the shores of the bay for food and water. not to the sunroom where he usually worked, but to the little-used east wing where, in a small curtained room, ” “That I will not do,” Paxmore said, and as he spoke his right hand fell protectively upon the unblemished keel, Eden would not allow Bartley to follow, and he waited in agony until the men reappeared.