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I do not know, my love. Begging your pardon, said Lucas, but it is not. Flores de Avila proved to be rather an obscure place; none of the Spanishmen and women whom Captain Whyte accosted had heard of it. The gentleman stared at him a moment as if he had not the least ideawhat Strange was talking about.

I cannot count the number of times the wind haschanged since I have sat here, but what have the men on those ships done?Nothing. Strange did not exactly reply to this, but instead suddenly addressed his wife. As wepoliticians well know a policy of dignity and silence is our best defence againstthis sort of impertinence. arcorners of the room were the folds of his robe; the smoke from the gutteringcandles was the raven mantling of his helm.