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He was assigned to the _Comtesse de Noailles_, of three hundred tons (the _Ecureuil_, that kept her company, was of only one hundred and eighty). Each officer had received fifty francs for extra purchases; they found it was little, but when they had made their purchases they found that it had been much, so great was the difficulty in stowing their possessions on the ship. At last,
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[17] Closen, for his part, had provisioned himself with
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speaking their own dialect,
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were apt to misunderstand them, hence the bad manœuvring which sent the _Comtesse de Noailles_ right across the _Conquérant_. A sad case; would they be left behind, and miss taking part in the expedition? By great luck
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Repairs are begun with all speed. Mr. de Deux-Ponts promises fifteen louis to the workmen if the ship is ready the next day at noon.
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One more reassuring circumstance was that Mr. de Kersabiec, a very expert naval officer, was intrusted with the care of looking after the workmen. He never left them, and
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The next day all was right once more:
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After eleven, the amiable countess was taken again--with no head, it is true, like so many other countesses--beyond the harbor chain. It was possible to start with the rest of the fleet: the high fortifications overlooking the harbor, the villages along the coast, so many sails curved by a wind
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the clear sky,