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"as usual, by Ben, and the second day after their arrival it was made \n known to all whom it might concern, that Miss Arabella Mason had \n actually contracted a secret marriage with the handsome Benjamin Keene. \n \n Of course, the last person made acquainted with this interesting",
"a face which she preferred to her own, and who never read any novel \n without discovering that there was a remarkable likeness between the \n heroine and her pretty self. \n \n Miss Arabella Mason was the eldest daughter of the steward of the old",
"\"I only say, madam, what was said at the time by everybody, that Bella \n Mason never would have married that marine, whom she looked upon with \n contempt, although he certainly was a good-looking young man, if she had \n not been obliged to do so.\"",
"Bella Mason might have done better--but she was his aunt's servant, and \n Keene was his valet, so that the disparity was not so very great. He \n then intimated that he had long perceived the growing attachment; talked",
"observed that there was another person at the mansion who also liked the \n captain, liked attention, and liked sailors; this was Miss Arabella \n Mason, a very pretty young woman of eighteen years of age, who \n constantly looked in the glass merely to ascertain if she had ever seen",
"one and the same time the admiration and laughter of all the servants. \n It hardly need be observed, that the clever and sprightly Miss Arabella \n Mason considered Ben as one much beneath her, that is, she said so on",
"steward, but he died, poor man, a long while ago; I am sure it would \n have broken his heart, if, in his lifetime, my daughter Arabella had \n made the foolish marriage which she did with a private marine--however,",
"occasional invitation. It may be inquired in what capacity Miss \n Arabella Mason remained at the Hall; she was not a servant, for her \n position in life was above that of a menial; neither was she received",
"Bella Mason. She was very respectful towards you, but you did not know \n what her temper was; there never was so proud a young woman, or who \n considered herself of such consequence as she did--so much so, that she",
"educated, as was, indeed, my daughter, Arabella, through the kindness of \n my old patron, Mrs Delmar, the aunt of the Honourable Captain Delmar, \n whom you have often met here, and who is heir to the title of de",
"now.\" \n \n \"Yes; God's will be done, Captain Bridgeman; now you see, sir, that this \n marriage of Bella's has done no good to the prospects of her sister",
"\"The matter is this, nephew,\" replied the old lady--\"that marriage of \n your marine and Bella Mason should have taken place six months sooner \n than it did. This is a wicked world, nephew; and sailors, I'm afraid, \n are--\"",
"married her. Come, my dear aunt, allow me to plead for them, although I \n am very much distressed that such an event should take place in your \n house. I think,\" added he, after a pause, \"I shall give Mr Keene seven",
"Arabella; consider the consequence;\" and then he would burst out in such \n fond expressions towards me, that the tears ran down my cheeks as I \n planted a kiss upon his forehead; for he was insensible, and I could do \n so without offence. \n",
" \"Comfort yourself, dear Arabella, as well as you can with the \n reflection that it has been the will of Heaven, to whose decrees we \n must submit with resignation. I am deeply suffering myself; for, had",
"Miss Delmar. When it was first announced that Bella Keene was safely in \n bed with a fine boy, the offended spinster turned away from the \n communication with horror; when her own maid ventured to remark that it",
"I am getting on as well as I could wish in my small way; Jane and I are \n to be married in a few days, and I hope you will honour me by being \n present at the wedding.\" \n",
"Delmar; and Mrs Short, the housekeeper, overheard what passed, and I \n understand that the captain did not deny it to her. One thing is \n certain, that Mrs Mason, as she was going away, in her rage made use of",
"and a tree fell upon him. He left a widow and two daughters: it was \n said that at his death Mrs Mason was not badly off, as her husband had \n been very careful of his earnings. Mrs Mason, however, did not",
"As the Honourable Captain Delmar was very constant in his visits to his \n aunt, it was but natural that he should pay some little attention to her \n humble companion. By degrees the intimacy increased, and at last there"
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"The coxswain first broke the silence:--\"What's your name, my little \n Trojan?\" said he. \n \n \"Percival Keene.\" \n \n \"Well I'm blessed if I didn't think that you were one of the Delmar",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"\"Percival Keene\" was published in 1842, the nineteenth book to flow from \n Marryat's pen. \n \n This e-text was transcribed in 1998 by Nick Hodson, and was reformatted",
" GUTENBERG EBOOK PERCIVAL KEENE *** \n \n \n \n \n Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England \n \n \n \n \n Percival Keene, by Captain Marryat. \n",
"\"Yes, Bob, not very far from it.\" \n \n \"Well, I suppose I must say Mister Keene for the future.\" \n \n \"You may call be what you like, Bob; you have been a good friend to me.\" \n",
"Keene with any more of your impertinent curiosity.\" \n \n \"No, no,\" croaked the old lady; \"hold your tongue, Medea, hold your \n tongue.\" \n \n Miss Medea, who looked as if she could tear my eyes out if she dared,",
"\"Mr Keene,\" said she, \"I didn't know your name before you told it to \n the skipper here; you're in a pretty scrape. I don't know what Jim \n Pearson will say when you go back, running away with his wife as you",
"\"My dear Keene,\" said he, \"I have been to the major, and, to my \n surprise, when I stated to him what had passed at the table last night, \n his reply was, that he perfectly remembered all about it and that he",
"\"Come here, Mr Keene,\" said he, \"where's your manners? why don't you \n say good morning to your preceptor? Can you read at all?\" \n \n \"No, sir.\" \n \n \"D'ye know your letters?\" \n",
"\"Many thanks, my lord,\" replied I. \"I am, indeed, grateful.\" \n \n \"I believe you are, Keene,\" replied his lordship. \"By the bye, you \n leave your letters so exposed, that one cannot help seem them. I see",
"personage had been selected out of the marine corps which had been \n drafted into the frigate. Benjamin Keene, for such was his name, was \n certainly endowed with several qualities which were indispensable in a",
"the presence of the first lord, and he and Lord de Versely had shaken \n hands, Lord de Versely said, \"Allow me to introduce to you Captain \n Keene, whose name, at least, you have often heard of lately. I have",
"come to school.\" \n \n \"Oh, by the powers! don't I know him?\" cried Mr O'Gallagher; \"it's the \n young gentleman who bit a hole in his grandmother; Master Keene, as they",
"\"You are a sailor, then, sir,\" replied the little man. \"Probably I have \n the pleasure of addressing Captain Keene?\" \n \n \"That is my name,\" replied I; \"but here is the cow coming back, and the",
"\"I've brought a young gentleman on board to join the ship. Captain \n Delmar has, I believe, given his orders about him.\" \n \n \"Mr Keene, I presume?\" said the first lieutenant, eyeing me from head \n to foot. \n",
"disgraced, and that--\" \n \n \"Well, go on, sir.\" \n \n \"I will, Captain Delmar; but I hope you'll not be angry, sir. Mr Keene",
"down to Madeline Hall, as fit company for you? No; so, madam, depend \n upon it, Captain Keene is a Delmar, and no wonder his lordship is so \n fond of him, madam; for he is his only child, and I dare say his",
"that he had got over all that nonsense and obstinacy. Are you a good \n shot, Keene? because he is a notorious one.\" \n \n \"I can hit my man, colonel; it is true that I have only fought one duel",
"\"Well, sir, the master could not bear the sneering of the sogers on \n shore, and he consented that Mr Keene should take your place, which he \n did, sir; and I hope you will not be angry with Mr Keene, for it's your",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her"
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"\"So you think, that because a lad steals a few of your confounded \n plums,\" observed the second lieutenant, \"he deserves to be eaten by the \n sharks. If I were Tommy Dott, I would haunt you if I could.\" \n",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"husband, Ben, to go up and thrash him.\" \n \n \"Not a bad idea, Miss Amelia, we'll try that if we find it necessary; at \n all events, we'll see who can persecute most.\" \n",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"The coxswain first broke the silence:--\"What's your name, my little \n Trojan?\" said he. \n \n \"Percival Keene.\" \n \n \"Well I'm blessed if I didn't think that you were one of the Delmar",
"Once more we were all assembled. Mr O'Gallagher surveying, with the \n smile of a demon, the unhappy and disappointed faces of the boys, was \n again perched upon his throne, the rod on one side, the ferrule on the",
"one of their maws. I will say that the whole of the ship's company were \n very sorry for him, with the exception of Mr Culpepper, who observed \n that no good ever came of a boy who stole raisins. \n",
"come to school.\" \n \n \"Oh, by the powers! don't I know him?\" cried Mr O'Gallagher; \"it's the \n young gentleman who bit a hole in his grandmother; Master Keene, as they",
"\"That's Percival's work, I'll answer for it.\" \n \n My granny received the needle from Ben, and then turned to me: \"You \n good-for-nothing boy; so you put the needle there, did you? pretending",
"thinking of, Mrs Keene; not of myself,--I was thinking of my bull pup.\" \n \n My mother burst out a laughing as the lieutenant disappeared. \"I was \n not far wrong when I said he was thinking of himself,\" said she, \"for a",
"into Mr Culpepper's mouth.\" \n \n \"No,\" replied Tommy, with a smile, in spite of his pain; \"but I would \n have played him a better trick than that if I had had any idea that we",
"observed him to raise his arm; away went the ruler whizzing through the \n air, until it hit the skull of the lad for whom it was intended at the \n other end of the schoolroom. The boy, who had been talking to his",
"his pupils in every part of the school. He was not a tall man, but very \n square built, with carroty hair and very bushy red whiskers; to me he \n appeared a most formidable person, especially when he opened his large",
"round. But she was too busy with the parties in front of her, and at \n last she made a run. The stout young man pushed the little man towards \n the cow, and then ran for it. The little one, in his attempt to recoil,",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"\"Because I have not been long enough at school to learn manners, \n granny.\" \n \n \"Come and kiss me before you go, my child,\" said my mother. \n \n \"No, mother; you have sent me to school to be beat, and I never will",
"Here Mr O'Gallagher looked round the school, as if to find a culprit; \n but the boys, aware of what was going on, kept their eyes so attentively \n to their books, that he could not discover one; at last he singled out a",
"myself and threaten him.\" \n \n \"As for that,\" replied aunt Milly, \"I'm sure that sister, if she hears \n what's going on, as she cannot take Percival away, will order her",
"\"I have no fear of that, sir,\" replied the first lieutenant: \"if the \n purser's steward's room had been open to-day, I should have sent to see \n if he was not locked up in another attempt to steal raisins, but that"
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"O'Gallagher had collected all the squibs and crackers from the boys, and \n that they had exploded somehow or another--most people said that it \n served him right. My grandmother shook her head and said, \"Yes, yes,",
"Once more we were all assembled. Mr O'Gallagher surveying, with the \n smile of a demon, the unhappy and disappointed faces of the boys, was \n again perched upon his throne, the rod on one side, the ferrule on the",
"empty claret cases turned upside down, surmounted by another, on which \n Mr O'Gallagher sat, all three covered with old green baize. \n \n By the time that the whole school had been rifled, the heap of fireworks",
"\"Well then, sir, you didn't say it well yesterday,\" continued Mr \n O'Gallagher. \n \n \"Yes I did, sir,\" replied the boy, whimpering. \n",
"downwards, until at last, unperceived by Mr O'Gallagher, I was behind \n him, and close to my train of gunpowder. I gave one look to ascertain \n if he had observed me; his eye was roving over the school for some",
"mingled with horror, that I beheld, in a second, the claret case rise up \n as if it had wings, and Mr O'Gallagher thrown up to the ceiling \n enveloped in a cloud of smoke, the crackers and squibs fizzing and",
"But to proceed: Mr O'Gallagher had never before attempted to interfere \n with the vested rights of urchins on that day; being, however, in a most \n particular irascible humour, instead of a whole, he made it known that",
"them all underneath it. This was done; Mr O'Gallagher resumed his \n seat, and the lessons continued till the dinner hour arrived, but, alas! \n not the half-holiday or the fireworks. \n",
"The boy, who was not a little confused with the blow, sufficiently \n recovered his senses to obey the order, and whimpering as he came up, \n returned the ruler to the hands of Mr O'Gallagher. \n",
"Here Mr O'Gallagher looked round the school, as if to find a culprit; \n but the boys, aware of what was going on, kept their eyes so attentively \n to their books, that he could not discover one; at last he singled out a",
"occasion, that I'll skin you alive as they do the eels, which being \n rather keen work, will just suit your constitution.\" I had wit enough \n to feel assured that Mr O'Gallagher was not to be trifled with, so I",
"was very considerable, and Mr O'Gallagher, to prevent any of them being \n recovered by the boys, lifted up the claret case on which he sat, and \n which was on the top of the other two, and desired Phil Mooney to put",
"from where I stood, when the neighbours, who had been alarmed by the \n explosion and the cries of the boys, rushed in, and perceiving only me \n and Mr O'Gallagher, who still howled, they caught hold of us both, and",
"CHAPTER EIGHT. \n \n The boys had been saving up all their money to purchase fireworks for \n the celebrated 5th of November--a day on which it was said that certain \n persons, finding it impossible to reform the Lords and Commons, had",
"I put little pancakes of cobblers' wax on Mr O'Gallagher's throne, and \n he had the pleasure of finding himself stuck fast by the breeches when \n he rose up to punish. I anointed the handle of the ferrule and rod with",
"O'Gallagher had thought proper to leave me. I was afraid of him, it is \n true, for his severity to the other boys convinced me that he would have \n little mercy upon me, if I dared to thwart him; but indignation soon",
"My anger was about as great towards my mother and grandmother for having \n sent me to such a place, as it was against Mr O'Gallagher. Instead of \n going up and kissing my mother, I paid no attention to either her or my",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"Tommy received a blow on his left hand, which was followed up with \n similar demonstrations of suffering. \n \n \"There sir you may go now,\" said Mr O'Gallagher, \"and mind you don't do",
"\"So you think, that because a lad steals a few of your confounded \n plums,\" observed the second lieutenant, \"he deserves to be eaten by the \n sharks. If I were Tommy Dott, I would haunt you if I could.\" \n"
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"\"You have made me do what I never did before,\" replied he, raising \n himself and sitting with his feet on the deck. \n \n \"I know I have; I have made you spare those of my colour.\" \n",
"you will spare these poor people.\" \n \n \"Since you are so particularly interested about this useless old man and \n still more useless child,\" replied Vincent, sarcastically, \"I will now \n make a proposal to you. You have your liberty. Do you choose to give",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"knew that as soon as she had captured the pirate she would run back \n again, and take us out. \n \n There were some hams and other articles on board, for the pirates had \n not taken everything, although the lockers had been all broken open, and",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"I do not fear your pistol, Captain Vincent, nor will I go below; that \n very pistol, in my hand, saved you from the fangs of the blood-hound. I \n tell you, therefore, that you must not destroy that innocent child--if",
"exception of the old gentleman and the little girl, the only white \n people on board. \n \n As usual, the crew were brought on board by the pirates, who reported to \n the captain that the vessel was in ballast, and of no value. As the",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"her suspicions, but as Captain Delmar had none, that was of no \n consequence. \n \n The success of this trick was a great temptation to try another or two \n upon the noble captain. He was, however saved by the simple fact of",
"you see, sir, that Dutch gentleman whom you saved from the nigger pirate \n came to call on Captain Delmar yesterday morning, and, after some \n palaver, he told the captain that he wished you to remain with him",
"gentleman, who was sitting in a cane arm-chair with his pipe in his \n mouth, and fanned by two slave girls, about twelve years old. \n \n As he had spoken to me in English on board of the pirate, I immediately",
"it is he!\" \n \n \"Who, my child?\" asked the old gentleman. \n \n \"The pirate-boy,\" replied the little girl, bursting into a paroxysm of \n tears, on my shoulders. \n",
"The captain, turning to me--for I had stood up the last of the row-- \n said, \"I understand the officer of the impress agreed to release you if \n you would tell him where your comrades were. I don't like losing a good",
"\"Well,\" said I, \"as you have begun by sparing me, I hope you will spare \n others now.\" \n \n \"I don't know why I spared you. Had you shown any fear of death I",
"persuade the captain, but it was of no use. The captain said he would \n never let you go till you were a post-captain and commanded a fine \n frigate, and then you would of course be your own master, and act as you \n please.\" \n",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"that day. On my arrival at the house, a few minutes before dinner, the \n admiral called me aside to the verandah, and said to me, \"Mr Keene, I \n have not forgotten your cruise in the pirate schooner, and Lord de",
"man, but still I shall let you go in consequence of the promise being \n made. There, you may take a boat and go on shore.\" \n \n \"Thank your honour,\" replied I. I went to the gangway immediately; but",
"resolved to touch at it, and remained two or three days. \n \n The reader will perhaps recollect that the old Dutch gentleman, whose \n life I had saved in the pirate vessel, had stated that his name was"
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"her suspicions, but as Captain Delmar had none, that was of no \n consequence. \n \n The success of this trick was a great temptation to try another or two \n upon the noble captain. He was, however saved by the simple fact of",
"\"Tell me, sir,\" said I, \"how have you managed? Nobody has found it \n out?\" \n \n \"Oh, no; it is supposed that Captain Delmar is badly wounded, and that",
"Captain Delmar had passed close to me, the middy at his heels was \n passing, and I thought all chance was gone, when, suddenly, Captain \n Delmar turned short round and addressed the little officer, asking him",
"told by the surgeon that he could not see Captain Delmar--and he, of \n course, did not wish to come into contact with me, who he supposed had \n the yellow fever. In the afternoon Captain Delmar woke up from his",
"As soon as the crash was over, Captain Delmar cried out--\"Up, men, and \n fire, as I round to under her stern.\" \n \n In a few seconds we had passed through the volumes of smoke, and luffed",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"he would do so on the following day. It did, however, happen that the \n discovery was not made to him by the surgeon. In the afternoon, when \n the latter was on board, Captain Delmar felt so strong that he resolved",
"captain's example by performing nothing. The loss of his election was \n followed up by the loss of his ship, his majesty's government not \n considering it necessary that Captain Delmar (now that he had leisure to",
"said, \"What you propose is certainly very easy; but why should you risk \n your life for Captain Delmar?\" \n \n \"Why, did you not offer to do it just now for the honour of the service?",
"Delmar did then rise off his chair, and taking my mother by the hand \n speak to her a few words of consolation. My mother removed her \n handkerchief from her eyes and sighed deeply, saying to Captain Delmar,",
"must be perfectly understood that fight to-morrow evening I will, even \n if I am carried to the ground.\" \n \n \"Certainly, Captain Delmar, if it is possible. I think that a little \n blood must be taken from you immediately, and probably the fever may",
"About an hour after I had awoke, the surgeon came into the room. \"How \n is Captain Delmar, sir?\" said I. \n \n \"I am glad to say that he is much better; but I must wake up poor Cross, \n who is tired out.\"",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
"but who could not leave until he had heard my story, quitted the cabin, \n and I found myself alone with the captain. \n \n \"I must say that I gave you up for lost,\" said Captain Delmar; \"the",
"received by Captain Delmar, informing him of the death of his elder \n brother and his succeeding to the title of Lord de Versely; for his \n elder brother, although married, had no male issue. Upon this \n intelligence, Captain Delmar immediately resigned the command of the",
"\"Very odd!\" observed the captain. \n \n \"Oh! he'll turn up soon, sir; but really, Captain Delmar, if you were to \n give him two or three dozen at the cabin gun, it would bring him to his \n senses.\" \n",
"\"That I most certainly will do,\" replied Captain Delmar; \"and I \n authorise you to do it, Mr Hippesley, as soon as he makes his \n appearance; it will be of some service to him; but I hope no accident \n has happened to him.\" \n",
"\"He's in the verandah below, sir, speaking to some soldger officers who \n have come to inquire after your health. Here he comes.\" \n \n The surgeon came in, and Captain Delmar then said to him, \"Is this all",
"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"and increased our distance without his being aware of it, and his firing \n still continued, but without injury to us. The reason for Captain \n Delmar's doing this was evident; he wished the French ship to continue"
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"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"\"Well, Percival, I cannot blame you; and do not you, therefore, blame \n your mother too much, when you consider that the same feeling was the \n cause of her becoming your mother.\" \n",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"possession of the letter he had written to her upon my supposed death, \n and that it was no ghost, but I, who had frightened my grandmother. \n \n This was my first blow, and a heavy one, to my poor mother; for what",
" Versely as to your mother's death, you have deceived them in \n everything else, and that she does not now believe that you are the \n son of her nephew. As I hinted before, the old lady is almost in her",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"mother upon him, but not so much ashamed of me; and, now that she was \n removed, probably he might not be at all ashamed. My mother was no \n relation, and below him--I was his own flesh and blood, and half",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"your loss, that I have written to your mother on the subject. Strange, \n this is the second time that she has been distressed in this way. You \n appear to have a charmed life, Mr Keene.\" \n",
" went with it to the old lady, and presented it to her. I did more,--I \n read over your letter in which you stated your reasons for making Lord \n de Versely believe that your mother was dead. The old lady, who is",
"for school, and ran up to him; but he checked me, and said, \"I must see \n your mother directly, I have very important news for her.\" \n \n I went in to tell my mother, who requested Captain Bridgeman to come",
"her humiliating confession to her own son, and I could not help \n exclaiming, as I cast my eye upon the beautiful grounds, \"My poor \n mother!\" \n \n The chaise stopped, and the boys dismounted and rang the bell. In a",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"Yes, I have no doubt your poor mother that's gone must have told you. \n I recollect her--a very clever, active, and pretty young woman (here the \n old lady sighed); and I held you in my arms, Captain Keene, when you",
"Curious to know what the matter could be, I quitted the shop, and went \n into the parlour, where I saw my mother with her face buried in the sofa \n pillow, and apparently in great distress. \n \n \"What's the matter, mother?\" said I.",
"\"Well, sir,\" replied Cross, \"the truth was only kept back from you till \n you were quite well again, and I suppose I must tell it to you now. You \n were too ill, and you raved about our honour, and that you were",
"and I thought I heard sobbing; it then struck me that my supposed loss \n might have been communicated to my mother. There was a light on the \n parlour table, and I perceived an open letter lying near to it. I"
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"the French, and at the most can only be prisoners of war. Upon what \n grounds do you order us to be shot?\" \n \n \"As spies,\" replied the general. \n",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"Upon interrogating the prisoners and the few English who had been left \n on board the prizes, we found out that I had been right in my \n conjecture; they had been captured by a French line-of-battle ship,",
"stand, the French troops poured in, and two cuirassiers galloped up, and \n seized upon Cross and me. A few minutes afterwards, General Moraud came \n up, and inquired, in a rough tone, who we were. I replied in French,",
"much hurt as was supposed: the cut was severe, but the bones were not \n injured. He was very soon out of his hammock again, and his chief \n pleasure was to put his tongue in his cheek and make faces at the French",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"caught him by the collar, and hauled him on board, and as soon as he was \n disarmed, gave him in charge of a marine. In ten minutes all was over: \n two of the French boats remained alongside, and the others shoved off,",
"continually in danger of being picked up by the French stragglers, who \n were committing every enormity that could be imagined. \n \n We arrived safe; stated who we were to the authorities, and were well",
"\"Farewell, Vangilt,\" said I in French; \"I thank you for your \n interference, although you have not succeeded with the _scoundrel_.\" \n \n \"Take them away!\" roared the general. \n",
"death; and, after all, it's not worth making a fuss about.\" \n \n Our conversation was here interrupted by a party of French soldiers, who \n opened the door and ordered us to follow them. We had not far to go,",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"\"I think you are right, Bob,\" says I. \"Hoist French colours. He will \n make sure of his prize then, and we shall laugh at his disappointment.\" \n \n As Cross turned away to go aft, I perceived a chuckle on his part, which",
"the Frenchman, who had already passed by the vessel which I had set on \n fire. \n \n \"Now, then, Mr Keene,\" said he, \"we will know what has taken place. Of \n course we have seen most of it.\" \n",
"\"Hadn't we better fire a gun, Captain Keene, to attract their \n attention?\" \n \n \"Yes,\" replied I; \"it will look as if we really were Frenchmen.\" The \n gun was fired, and we continued to stand towards them with a good",
"\"Look, Cross,\" said I, \"what a handful of men these Frenchmen have \n retaken the town with. Why, if we had resisted, we might have laughed \n at them.\" \n \n \"They won't laugh any more, I expect,\" replied Bob.",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"and increased our distance without his being aware of it, and his firing \n still continued, but without injury to us. The reason for Captain \n Delmar's doing this was evident; he wished the French ship to continue",
"with the loss of my frigate, the death of Lord de Versely, and my \n subsequent capture and rescue. \n \n \"And so it was in attempting to come and see us that you were wounded \n and nearly murdered?\" \n",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"And how am I to do that, Cross?\" \n \n \"Why, sir, you know as well as we all do how the Frenchmen are going to \n the wall; that they have been thrashed out of Russia, and that they are"
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"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"received by Captain Delmar, informing him of the death of his elder \n brother and his succeeding to the title of Lord de Versely; for his \n elder brother, although married, had no male issue. Upon this \n intelligence, Captain Delmar immediately resigned the command of the",
"saved. At all events, it's no use telling bad news too soon, and \n therefore you'll oblige me by not saying anything on the subject. A few \n hours will decide our fate.\" \n",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"the Admiralty; and as I have business unexpectedly come to hand, I \n thought I would be the bearer myself of the good news. I leave you the \n letter, and shall of course see you to dinner.\" \n",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"is now every prospect of a conclusion to the war.\" \n \n \"And you won't go to sea any more--will you, Percival?\" said Minnie. \n \n \"They won't give me a ship, Minnie, after having lost the one I",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"Well, Minnie dearest, I may congratulate you, I believe, as the lady of \n Madeline Hall,\" said I, folding up the letter. \n \n \"Yes, Percival, but there is a postscript overleaf, which you have not",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
" \"PERCIVAL DELMAR.\" \n \n \"Then it is so,\" thought I; \"here I have it under his own hand.\" I \n immediately folded up the letter, and put it into my bosom. \"You and I",
"school, and wondered that we heard nothing of Captain Delmar, when news \n was received from another quarter. \n \n One morning Captain Bridgeman came much earlier than usual, and with a \n very grave face put on especially for the occasion. I had not set off",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"That is bad news, sir,\" replied Cross--\"very bad news, worse than \n losing the frigate. But, Captain Keene, we must have our ups and downs \n in this world. You have had a long run of good fortune, and you must",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her"
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"CHAPTER ONE. \n \n A few miles from the town of Southampton there is an old mansion-house, \n which has been for centuries known as Madeline Hall, in the possession \n of the de Versely family. It is a handsome building, surrounded by a",
"Lord de Versely, brother to the Honourable Miss Delmar, and was much \n respected by his lordship for his fidelity and his knowledge of \n business, in the transaction of which he fell, for he was felling trees,",
"meet in the house to-night, I will let you know what I can do.\" \n \n After a few minutes' conversation, Lord de Versely rose, and we left the \n room. As soon as we were in the carriage his lordship said, \"Keene, you",
"from the old lady to come and spend some time at Madeline Hall, and to \n come a few days before the first of September, that I might join the \n shooting party. \"I expect my nephew, Lord de Versely,\" said she, \"and",
"of Lord de Versely's, but I certainly should not, from his appearance, \n have supposed him to be a Delmar: for he was short, round-shouldered, \n and with a fat, rubicund face, apparently about forty years of age. I",
"Versely; that is to say, his eldest brother has no children. I have \n been nearly fifty years in the family as a confidential, Captain \n Bridgeman; the old lord was very fond of my husband, who was his",
" Delmar had left everything, was by his express desire to be altered in \n your favour; and at the same time the secret of your birth was \n confided to me. You will see, therefore, that Lord de Versely did not",
"When I took my leave of Lord de Versely, he told me that he should come \n down on the first of the following month (September) to Madeline Hall, \n where his aunt, Miss de Versely, was still flourishing at a green old",
"received by Captain Delmar, informing him of the death of his elder \n brother and his succeeding to the title of Lord de Versely; for his \n elder brother, although married, had no male issue. Upon this \n intelligence, Captain Delmar immediately resigned the command of the",
"for England, which he gladly consented to do. \"The old lady requires, \n it seems, proof from Lord de Versely's own hand that I am his son; \n fortunately, that is in my power to give; so do you take this, and as",
"de Versely, of whom I spoke in terms of admiration and gratitude, I had \n soon established myself in her good graces. Indeed, as I subsequently \n discovered, her nephew was the great object of her affections. His",
" neglect your interests. The de Versely property he could not leave \n you, but he did what he could in your favour. This will was signed, \n sealed, and attested, and is now in my possession; and as the old lady",
"The next morning I called at Lord de Versely's and sent up my card. I \n was immediately ushered up, and found myself in his presence. Lord de \n Versely rose from his sofa, and took my hand. \"Keene, I am very glad to",
"dwelt with some pleasure upon the idea that Lord de Versely had left me \n his personal property--it proved his regard; but I wanted his family \n name, and I preferred that to thousands per annum. The second day after",
" supposed to be dead many years I knew well for Lord de Versely told me \n so. The old lady has shown me these letters, which certainly appear \n authentic; and she says, that if you have deceived her and Lord de",
" particular request of Lord de Versely, I presume you will not object \n to, which is--that you assume the arms and name of Delmar.\" \n \n THE END. \n \n \n \n \n \n",
"from Lord de Versely, announcing his arrival at Madeline Hall, and \n requesting me to join him as soon as possible, was infinitely more to my \n taste, and I resolved to start next day, which I did. I was very",
" Versely as to your mother's death, you have deceived them in \n everything else, and that she does not now believe that you are the \n son of her nephew. As I hinted before, the old lady is almost in her",
"deceit again. I then read over the letter. There was nothing but \n gratitude to Lord de Versely, and a wish that I had been born a Delmar. \n Well, if his lordship had run his eyes over it, there was nothing to",
"soon as you arrive in England make all haste to Mr Warden's and put it \n into his own hands.\" I then took off the seal-skin pouch containing \n Lord de Versely's letter to my mother, and confided it to his care. At"
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"to spend a month at Madeline Hall, and used to bring her eldest \n daughter, who had left school, with her. Latterly, however, the \n daughter remained as a fixture, and Mrs Mason received but an",
" can come home the better, and I advise you to take up your quarters at \n Madeline Hall, for possession is nine points of the law, and you can \n keep off all trespassers.--Yours most truly, \n \n \"F. WARDEN.\"",
"from the old lady to come and spend some time at Madeline Hall, and to \n come a few days before the first of September, that I might join the \n shooting party. \"I expect my nephew, Lord de Versely,\" said she, \"and",
"his first arrival at Madeline hall; but, strange to say, that two years \n afterwards, just at the time that reports had been raised that she had \n been frequently discovered in tears, there was a change in her manner",
" no doubt but eventually such would have been the case. It appears \n that he has, by some means, discovered that you have ousted him, and \n since you sailed he has returned to Madeline Hall, and has so",
"down to Madeline Hall, as fit company for you? No; so, madam, depend \n upon it, Captain Keene is a Delmar, and no wonder his lordship is so \n fond of him, madam; for he is his only child, and I dare say his",
"grandmother from Madeline Hall; but I imagined that she knew nothing \n about it, until my return to Portsmouth, when her anxious letters proved \n the contrary; for in her anxiety she had quite forgotten her promise \n that all communication should be through my grandmother. \n",
" that when you were last at Madeline Hall, I was sent for to draw up \n the will of the Honourable Miss Delmar, and I then discovered that the \n will which had been made in favour of Lord de Versely, to whom Miss",
"After a little conversation, Cross took leave. The next day I took \n post-horses, and went over to Madeline Hall, having two or three days \n before received a note from the Honourable Miss Delmar, saying how glad",
"\"Well, Minnie dearest, I may congratulate you, I believe, as the lady of \n Madeline Hall,\" said I, folding up the letter. \n \n \"Yes, Percival, but there is a postscript overleaf, which you have not",
"CHAPTER ONE. \n \n A few miles from the town of Southampton there is an old mansion-house, \n which has been for centuries known as Madeline Hall, in the possession \n of the de Versely family. It is a handsome building, surrounded by a",
"yourself as agreeable to the old lady as you can; you will find Madeline \n Hall a very pleasant place, when you are tired of the dockyard and the \n smell of pitch and tar.\" \n",
"from Lord de Versely, announcing his arrival at Madeline Hall, and \n requesting me to join him as soon as possible, was infinitely more to my \n taste, and I resolved to start next day, which I did. I was very",
"When I took my leave of Lord de Versely, he told me that he should come \n down on the first of the following month (September) to Madeline Hall, \n where his aunt, Miss de Versely, was still flourishing at a green old",
"lee. Now as the Paragon was constantly at Spithead, Captain Delmar was \n very attentive in visiting his aunt, who lived at Madeline Hall; \n ill-natured people asserted, because she had so fine an estate in her",
"what his captain required of him, stood up erect and raised his hand \n with a flourish to his head, in token of his obedience. Shortly \n afterwards, Captain Delmar again came over to Madeline Hall, accompanied",
"made for the future, pointing out to her that had these letters been \n forwarded to Madeline Hall, her handwriting would have been recognised. \n I said, in conclusion, \"I must say, my dear mother, that I now heartily",
"sending for her sister Amelia to live with her. It was, however, \n necessary to obtain her mother's consent. My grandmother had never seen \n my mother since the interview which she had had with her at Madeline",
"received a very handsome present. But if her mistress was appeased, \n Mrs Keene's mother was not. As soon as the intelligence was received, \n old Mrs Mason set off for Madeline Hall. She first had a closeted",
"On our arrival at the Hall, Mr Warden was informed that Miss Delmar was \n not able to receive him just then, as she was very busy with Lord de \n Versely, who was with her in her private room. I therefore remained"
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"proposed that he should marry the girl. That such was the fact is \n undoubted, although they knew it not; and Ben, who considered the wish \n of his captain as tantamount to an order, as soon as he could comprehend",
"After our return, my mother gave me a great deal of advice. She told me \n that, as I had lost my father Ben, I must now look upon Captain Delmar \n as a father to me; that Ben had been a faithful servant to the captain,",
"Captain Delmar, mother?\" \n \n \"The secret, child! Oh, something which took place at the time I was \n living with his aunt, and which he does not wish to have known; so ask \n me no more questions about it.\" \n",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"God bless you, sir,\" replied my mother, weeping, as Captain Delmar \n shook her hand, and then we left the room. As we were walking back to \n our lodging, I inquired of my mother--\"What's the secret between you and",
"her suspicions, but as Captain Delmar had none, that was of no \n consequence. \n \n The success of this trick was a great temptation to try another or two \n upon the noble captain. He was, however saved by the simple fact of",
"\"Marines, you should say, in this instance, my dear aunt,\" replied \n Captain Delmar, insinuatingly. \"I must confess that neither sailors nor \n marines are quite so strict as they ought to be; however, Ben has",
"before. If Captain Delmar protects you with his interest, you will be a \n captain over the heads of many who are now your superiors on board of \n this frigate. One thing be careful of, which is, to keep your own",
"\"There's mystery about that,\" rejoined the daughter, \"and therefore I \n consider it another proof.\" \n \n \"Yes,\" said Mr Culpepper, \"and a strong one too. Captain Delmar is so",
"more at her demeaning herself by marrying a private marine. Captain \n Delmar replied, that it was true that Ben was only a private, but that \n every common soldier was a gentleman by profession. It was true that",
"as nearly to push me down. If you want to know anything more, ask \n Captain Delmar; or, if you wish it, I will ask Captain Delmar whether I \n am to answer you, and if he says I am, I will, but not without.\" \n",
"by from her business, and that therefore there was no longer any \n occasion that I should be an expense to Captain Delmar. It must not, \n however, be supposed, from my grandmother stating this, that Captain",
"pleased at so unusual an occurrence, and already the sneers and \n innuendoes of the servants' hall were not wanting. It appeared, \n however, that an interview had taken place between Ben and Captain \n Delmar shortly after my making my appearance: what occurred did not",
"a place in which her disgrace was so well known; and Captain Delmar \n having given her his advice, which coincided with her own ideas, and \n also a very munificent present to enable her to set up housekeeping,",
"\"Mr Keene,\" said the captain. \n \n \"Mr Keene, I wish to speak with you before you go.\" \n \n Captain Delmar then walked to the capstern, and, in few words, pointed",
"and that she had been the same to Mrs Delmar, his aunt; and that was \n the reason why Captain Delmar was interested about me, and had promised \n to do so much for me; begging me to treat him with great respect and",
"said, \"What you propose is certainly very easy; but why should you risk \n your life for Captain Delmar?\" \n \n \"Why, did you not offer to do it just now for the honour of the service?",
"\"If you have no objection, Captain Delmar,\" said the old gentleman, with \n another low bow, \"I am sure that Mrs Culpepper will be most proud to \n take charge of any _protege_ of yours; we have a spare bed, and the",
"narrated them. I had at that time but one wish, which was to find \n favour in the sight of Captain Delmar. I felt that all my prospects in \n life depended upon that; and aware of his disposition, and the deference",
"\"No mother, I don't. Who is he?\" \n \n \"Who is he, you undutiful child? why, he's--he's the Honourable Captain \n Delmar.\" \n"
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"one and the same time the admiration and laughter of all the servants. \n It hardly need be observed, that the clever and sprightly Miss Arabella \n Mason considered Ben as one much beneath her, that is, she said so on",
"as usual, by Ben, and the second day after their arrival it was made \n known to all whom it might concern, that Miss Arabella Mason had \n actually contracted a secret marriage with the handsome Benjamin Keene. \n \n Of course, the last person made acquainted with this interesting",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"to him, as she could well afford to be. I rather think that Ben himself \n was not sorry to go, for, stupid as he was, he must have felt what a \n cypher he had become, being treated, not only by my mother, but by",
"\"Oh yes; he went to sea about eighteen months ago, and he was killed in \n action.\" \n \n After this came on a series of questions and cross-questions; I replied \n to her so as to make it appear that Ben was my father, and nobody else,",
"After our return, my mother gave me a great deal of advice. She told me \n that, as I had lost my father Ben, I must now look upon Captain Delmar \n as a father to me; that Ben had been a faithful servant to the captain,",
"educated, as was, indeed, my daughter, Arabella, through the kindness of \n my old patron, Mrs Delmar, the aunt of the Honourable Captain Delmar, \n whom you have often met here, and who is heir to the title of de",
"\"Yes; handsome boy,\" croaked the old lady. \n \n \"Papa's dead.\" \n \n \"Dead! I thought so,\" observed Miss Medea, winking at her mother. \n \n \"Did you ever see your papa, dearest?\" \n",
"accidents would prevent Ben's reappearance, as she was ashamed of him as \n a husband, and felt that he was an obstacle to her sister's advancement. \n \n So one fine day Ben wished us all good bye; my mother was very generous",
"Arabella; consider the consequence;\" and then he would burst out in such \n fond expressions towards me, that the tears ran down my cheeks as I \n planted a kiss upon his forehead; for he was insensible, and I could do \n so without offence. \n",
" \"Comfort yourself, dear Arabella, as well as you can with the \n reflection that it has been the will of Heaven, to whose decrees we \n must submit with resignation. I am deeply suffering myself; for, had",
"husband, Ben, to go up and thrash him.\" \n \n \"Not a bad idea, Miss Amelia, we'll try that if we find it necessary; at \n all events, we'll see who can persecute most.\" \n",
"a face which she preferred to her own, and who never read any novel \n without discovering that there was a remarkable likeness between the \n heroine and her pretty self. \n \n Miss Arabella Mason was the eldest daughter of the steward of the old",
"\"I dare say it won't be long before you hear from him, dear,\" replied my \n aunt; \"stay here and mind the shop, while I go in to your mother.\" \n \n If the truth was told, I am afraid that the death of Ben was a source of",
" mother, ARABELLA KEENE.\" \n \n I read this letter over ten times before I came to any conclusion; at \n last I said to myself, there is not in any one part of it any positive",
"\"You haven't got a shilling, Bella, about you? I want some 'baccy,\" \n said Ben, in his quiet way. \n \n \"Yes, here's a shilling, Ben; but don't drink too much beer,\" replied my",
"\"Just so; and if that boy is not a son of Captain Delmar, I'm not a \n woman.\" \n \n \"I am of that opinion,\" replied the father, \"and therefore I offered to",
"from those who know me. I can defend and protect myself; but it is a \n great difference to me to let the world suppose that I am the son of Ben \n the marine, when I know myself to be the son of the future Lord de",
"proposed that he should marry the girl. That such was the fact is \n undoubted, although they knew it not; and Ben, who considered the wish \n of his captain as tantamount to an order, as soon as he could comprehend",
"observed that there was another person at the mansion who also liked the \n captain, liked attention, and liked sailors; this was Miss Arabella \n Mason, a very pretty young woman of eighteen years of age, who \n constantly looked in the glass merely to ascertain if she had ever seen"
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"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"\"Because I have not been long enough at school to learn manners, \n granny.\" \n \n \"Come and kiss me before you go, my child,\" said my mother. \n \n \"No, mother; you have sent me to school to be beat, and I never will",
"CHAPTER NINE. \n \n As soon as it was ascertained that Mr O'Gallagher was gone, my \n grandmother insisted upon my being sent to another school, and on this \n occasion my mother made the inquiries herself, and I was despatched to",
"My anger was about as great towards my mother and grandmother for having \n sent me to such a place, as it was against Mr O'Gallagher. Instead of \n going up and kissing my mother, I paid no attention to either her or my",
"I have not mentioned my grandmother lately. The fact is, that when \n Captain Delmar made his appearance, for some cause or another, which I \n could not comprehend, she declared her intention of going away and",
"come to school.\" \n \n \"Oh, by the powers! don't I know him?\" cried Mr O'Gallagher; \"it's the \n young gentleman who bit a hole in his grandmother; Master Keene, as they",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"It so happened that aunt Milly was alone in the shop when we arrived, \n and after a detail of what had passed, she told Captain Bridgeman that \n my grandmother had put me to that school out of feelings of ill-will for",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"perfectly innocent of the misdemeanour. At last I was voted a common \n nuisance, and every one, except my mother and my aunt Milly, declared \n that it was high time that I went to school. \n",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"myself and threaten him.\" \n \n \"As for that,\" replied aunt Milly, \"I'm sure that sister, if she hears \n what's going on, as she cannot take Percival away, will order her",
"took his departure from the Hall. My mother returned to her room as the \n wheels of his carriage rattled over the gravel of the drive, and many \n were the bitter tears which she shed over her unconscious boy. \n",
"\"Yes, yes, those who hide can find; to school you go, or I'll not stay \n in the house.\" \n \n Ben took the tea-tray out of the room. He had been well drilled in and \n out of barracks. \n",
"quitted the parlour, and went away through the shop. \n \n As soon as Captain Delmar was gone, my mother turned round, and said, \n \"You naughty, mischievous boy, to play such pranks. I'll have that dog",
"to him, as she could well afford to be. I rather think that Ben himself \n was not sorry to go, for, stupid as he was, he must have felt what a \n cypher he had become, being treated, not only by my mother, but by",
"\"For biting your grandmother, I expect, in the first place, and to get a \n little learning, and a good deal of flogging, if what they say is true! \n I never was at school myself.\" \n",
"possession of the letter he had written to her upon my supposed death, \n and that it was no ghost, but I, who had frightened my grandmother. \n \n This was my first blow, and a heavy one, to my poor mother; for what",
"missing, it is now imagined that you have been here, and have taken \n possession of it. You will tell me, my dearest Percival, I'm sure, if \n you did play this trick to granny, or not; you know you may trust me"
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"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"exception of the old gentleman and the little girl, the only white \n people on board. \n \n As usual, the crew were brought on board by the pirates, who reported to \n the captain that the vessel was in ballast, and of no value. As the",
"persuade the captain, but it was of no use. The captain said he would \n never let you go till you were a post-captain and commanded a fine \n frigate, and then you would of course be your own master, and act as you \n please.\" \n",
"attention; it will please the captain if the master gives a good report \n of you. Who knows but you may be sent away in a prize, and I sent with \n you to take care of you? Wouldn't that be a capital spree?\" \n",
"\"I do not fear your pistol, Captain Vincent, nor will I go below; that \n very pistol, in my hand, saved you from the fangs of the blood-hound. I \n tell you, therefore, that you must not destroy that innocent child--if",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"knew that as soon as she had captured the pirate she would run back \n again, and take us out. \n \n There were some hams and other articles on board, for the pirates had \n not taken everything, although the lockers had been all broken open, and",
"gentleman, who was sitting in a cane arm-chair with his pipe in his \n mouth, and fanned by two slave girls, about twelve years old. \n \n As he had spoken to me in English on board of the pirate, I immediately",
"\"You have made me do what I never did before,\" replied he, raising \n himself and sitting with his feet on the deck. \n \n \"I know I have; I have made you spare those of my colour.\" \n",
"that day. On my arrival at the house, a few minutes before dinner, the \n admiral called me aside to the verandah, and said to me, \"Mr Keene, I \n have not forgotten your cruise in the pirate schooner, and Lord de",
"you see, sir, that Dutch gentleman whom you saved from the nigger pirate \n came to call on Captain Delmar yesterday morning, and, after some \n palaver, he told the captain that he wished you to remain with him",
"resolved to touch at it, and remained two or three days. \n \n The reader will perhaps recollect that the old Dutch gentleman, whose \n life I had saved in the pirate vessel, had stated that his name was",
"her suspicions, but as Captain Delmar had none, that was of no \n consequence. \n \n The success of this trick was a great temptation to try another or two \n upon the noble captain. He was, however saved by the simple fact of",
"it is he!\" \n \n \"Who, my child?\" asked the old gentleman. \n \n \"The pirate-boy,\" replied the little girl, bursting into a paroxysm of \n tears, on my shoulders. \n",
"you will spare these poor people.\" \n \n \"Since you are so particularly interested about this useless old man and \n still more useless child,\" replied Vincent, sarcastically, \"I will now \n make a proposal to you. You have your liberty. Do you choose to give",
"true. The captain said nothing for a little while. At last I perceived \n a smile on his lips. \"Tell the officer of the watch to lower down the \n cutter, Mr Keene. Go on board of the prizes, and tell them, in",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"The captain, turning to me--for I had stood up the last of the row-- \n said, \"I understand the officer of the impress agreed to release you if \n you would tell him where your comrades were. I don't like losing a good",
"As the captain is an oracle in times of danger, the seamen caught every \n word which was uttered from my mouth; and what they gathered from what I \n had said, satisfied them that they were in no immediate danger.",
"As we passed the vessel hove to, which we took it for granted was a \n merchantman, which the pirate had been plundering, the captain ordered \n one of the cutters to be lowered down with a midshipman and boat's crew"
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"received by Captain Delmar, informing him of the death of his elder \n brother and his succeeding to the title of Lord de Versely; for his \n elder brother, although married, had no male issue. Upon this \n intelligence, Captain Delmar immediately resigned the command of the",
"Lord de Versely, brother to the Honourable Miss Delmar, and was much \n respected by his lordship for his fidelity and his knowledge of \n business, in the transaction of which he fell, for he was felling trees,",
"Versely; that is to say, his eldest brother has no children. I have \n been nearly fifty years in the family as a confidential, Captain \n Bridgeman; the old lord was very fond of my husband, who was his",
"of Lord de Versely's, but I certainly should not, from his appearance, \n have supposed him to be a Delmar: for he was short, round-shouldered, \n and with a fat, rubicund face, apparently about forty years of age. I",
"The sudden death of Lord de Versely, at the age of fifty-six, left me \n without a patron, and had destroyed all my hopes centred in him. The \n object of my ambition was, I considered, for ever lost to me. There was",
"The next morning I called at Lord de Versely's and sent up my card. I \n was immediately ushered up, and found myself in his presence. Lord de \n Versely rose from his sofa, and took my hand. \"Keene, I am very glad to",
" Delmar had left everything, was by his express desire to be altered in \n your favour; and at the same time the secret of your birth was \n confided to me. You will see, therefore, that Lord de Versely did not",
"for England, which he gladly consented to do. \"The old lady requires, \n it seems, proof from Lord de Versely's own hand that I am his son; \n fortunately, that is in my power to give; so do you take this, and as",
"forward by Lord de Versely, who had, since the death of my mother, \n treated me as if I were his own son.\" This was said openly, and being \n strictly true, of course without hesitation on my part. It was quite",
" particular request of Lord de Versely, I presume you will not object \n to, which is--that you assume the arms and name of Delmar.\" \n \n THE END. \n \n \n \n \n \n",
"\"Yes: but if his brother dies--and he is a very infirm man--the captain \n will then be Viscount de Versely, and inherit very large estates, and \n then he will marry to have an heir to the title and estates even if",
"meantime, Lord de Versely, assured that I was out of danger, went back \n to London. The colonel, however, remained. His kindness and attention \n had given me great pleasure, and we had become very intimate. He had",
" supposed to be dead many years I knew well for Lord de Versely told me \n so. The old lady has shown me these letters, which certainly appear \n authentic; and she says, that if you have deceived her and Lord de",
"deceit again. I then read over the letter. There was nothing but \n gratitude to Lord de Versely, and a wish that I had been born a Delmar. \n Well, if his lordship had run his eyes over it, there was nothing to",
"flashed into my memory. Lord de Versely was dead. I groaned, and fell \n back on the pillow. \n \n \"Are you very ill, Captain Keene!\" said a voice close to me. I opened",
"everybody else, even by me, as a sort of upper servant. \n \n It so happened, that about a month after Ben's departure, Captain Delmar \n had, through the interest of his uncle, Lord de Versely, been appointed",
"with Mr Warden for about an hour, when Lord de Versely came down and \n joined us. He appeared to be in a remarkable gay humour, and shook me \n warmly by the hand when he came in. \n",
"the presence of the first lord, and he and Lord de Versely had shaken \n hands, Lord de Versely said, \"Allow me to introduce to you Captain \n Keene, whose name, at least, you have often heard of lately. I have",
"you used to be as a midshipman.\" \n \n \"Lord de Versely,\" replied Tommy, who felt the truth of what I said: \n \"he's a peculiar sort of man.\" \n",
"meet in the house to-night, I will let you know what I can do.\" \n \n After a few minutes' conversation, Lord de Versely rose, and we left the \n room. As soon as we were in the carriage his lordship said, \"Keene, you"
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"quite overcome with his kindness, and so happy, that I would not have \n changed positions with the grand sultan himself. \n \n Lord de Versely was faithful to his promise: the next day I received \n from the admiral my appointment to the Firefly, and, what was more",
"quarter-deck, and get you promoted in the service.\" \n \n \"What, make a middy of me?\" \n \n \"Yes, and from a midshipman you may rise to be a post-captain, or",
"commander of her being promoted into the Dort, which was now christened \n the Curacao. \n \n In ten days after our arrival we were ready, and made sail for Old \n England. Tommy Dott and the second lieutenant remained on board, and",
"appointed to a thirty-two gun frigate which would be launched in two or \n three months. Well, then, thought I, here I am, at twenty-three, a \n post-captain in his Majesty's service, and commanding a frigate.",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"out, \"This is an honour, my lord.\" \n \n \"I came to wish you joy of your promotion and appointment to a fine \n frigate, Keene,\" said Lord de Versely. \"I have just received this from",
"particular favour to myself if your lordship would appoint him to a \n frigate, and give him an opportunity of doing credit to your lordship's \n patronage.\" \n \n \"I think I may promise you both,\" replied the first lord; \"but when we",
"is now every prospect of a conclusion to the war.\" \n \n \"And you won't go to sea any more--will you, Percival?\" said Minnie. \n \n \"They won't give me a ship, Minnie, after having lost the one I",
"of this ship; and, as we are now on a sort of roving commission, I have \n no doubt but that you will have served your time, and found the means of \n passing, before we join the admiral; your promotion will, under such",
"affair now became very exciting. In another ten minutes the French \n boats had gained the merchant vessel, and the men were clambering up her \n sides, while we were not more than three cables' length from them. That",
"\"Well, then, I trust to your discretion, Mr Keene, and hope I shall not \n be disappointed. Now you may go.\" \n \n \"The French ship is getting up her yard tackles,\" said the signal man. \n",
"\"I think you are right, Bob,\" says I. \"Hoist French colours. He will \n make sure of his prize then, and we shall laugh at his disappointment.\" \n \n As Cross turned away to go aft, I perceived a chuckle on his part, which",
"I never witnessed such a rapidity as was shown on this occasion; in less \n than five minutes all the boats were on board, and all sail made. I \n looked at the French line-of-battle ship; she was within four miles of",
"propel them through the water. The state of affairs, when the hands \n were piped to breakfast, was as follows:-- \n \n The French line-of-battle ship had stood in for the land, under all",
"As I was walking the quarter-deck, delighted with my success, Cross, who \n had the watch and was by my side, said, \"I think, Captain Keene, you did \n very right in hoisting French colours.\" \n",
"and increased our distance without his being aware of it, and his firing \n still continued, but without injury to us. The reason for Captain \n Delmar's doing this was evident; he wished the French ship to continue",
"destroyed their flotilla, and soon afterwards we were invited by the \n people to come on shore and take possession of the batteries which the \n French had evacuated. I remained with Cross and my men on shore at",
"no more about it. I wish you joy upon your promotion, and, what's more, \n I'm very glad that we are to sail together.\" Saying this, I held out my \n hand, which Tommy took very readily, and we then began to talk on other",
"received by Captain Delmar, informing him of the death of his elder \n brother and his succeeding to the title of Lord de Versely; for his \n elder brother, although married, had no male issue. Upon this \n intelligence, Captain Delmar immediately resigned the command of the",
"ennobled by so being. \n \n The captain sent on board orders for getting under weigh. It appeared \n that the admiral had written to him, desiring him to sail for the coast \n of South America, to look after a French frigate, and that, as there was"
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"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"proposed that he should marry the girl. That such was the fact is \n undoubted, although they knew it not; and Ben, who considered the wish \n of his captain as tantamount to an order, as soon as he could comprehend",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"myself and threaten him.\" \n \n \"As for that,\" replied aunt Milly, \"I'm sure that sister, if she hears \n what's going on, as she cannot take Percival away, will order her",
"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"\"I certainly have, my dear Percival, much more than is necessary for me \n to live in comfort, and I may say, some little luxury; but I have \n thought of you, and for your sake, every year, have continued to add to \n my profits.\" \n",
"girl, and declares that he will leave her all his money, and that she \n shall marry well. Now, sir, if she was to marry me, a petty officer \n only, it would not be considered that she married well; so you see, sir,",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"is now every prospect of a conclusion to the war.\" \n \n \"And you won't go to sea any more--will you, Percival?\" said Minnie. \n \n \"They won't give me a ship, Minnie, after having lost the one I",
"\"Well, Percival, I cannot blame you; and do not you, therefore, blame \n your mother too much, when you consider that the same feeling was the \n cause of her becoming your mother.\" \n",
"Bella Mason might have done better--but she was his aunt's servant, and \n Keene was his valet, so that the disparity was not so very great. He \n then intimated that he had long perceived the growing attachment; talked",
"\"Well, Minnie dearest, I may congratulate you, I believe, as the lady of \n Madeline Hall,\" said I, folding up the letter. \n \n \"Yes, Percival, but there is a postscript overleaf, which you have not",
"not engaged, madam, I do not think she could do better. Would, you like \n me to sound Miss Amelia on the subject?\" \n \n \"Really, Captain Bridgeman, it is very kind of you; you may, perhaps,"
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"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"\"I certainly have, my dear Percival, much more than is necessary for me \n to live in comfort, and I may say, some little luxury; but I have \n thought of you, and for your sake, every year, have continued to add to \n my profits.\" \n",
"\"That's Percival's work, I'll answer for it.\" \n \n My granny received the needle from Ben, and then turned to me: \"You \n good-for-nothing boy; so you put the needle there, did you? pretending",
"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"this great honour conferred upon him, who actually laid in the \n immaculate lap, on the apron of immaculate snowy whiteness of the \n immaculate Honourable Miss Delmar, was no other person than the narrator",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
"\"Well, Percival, I cannot blame you; and do not you, therefore, blame \n your mother too much, when you consider that the same feeling was the \n cause of her becoming your mother.\" \n",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
" \"PERCIVAL DELMAR.\" \n \n \"Then it is so,\" thought I; \"here I have it under his own hand.\" I \n immediately folded up the letter, and put it into my bosom. \"You and I",
"and success. Let my little girl, whose life you saved, persuade you, if \n I cannot.\" \n \n In the mean time the little girl had dropped from my shoulder, and was \n on the floor, embracing my knees, and still sobbing. I felt convinced",
"missing, it is now imagined that you have been here, and have taken \n possession of it. You will tell me, my dearest Percival, I'm sure, if \n you did play this trick to granny, or not; you know you may trust me",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"\"Well, white boy, I accept your present; and now, good bye.\" \n \n \"Good-bye, sir. Do me one kindness in return,\" said I, very gravely, \n for I felt my hour was come. \n",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"Business! I've no business--I've done with business long ago: I think \n of nothing but my perishing soul--poor blind worm that I am.\" \n \n He was a very fine-looking old man, although weather-beaten, and his",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have"
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"observed that there was another person at the mansion who also liked the \n captain, liked attention, and liked sailors; this was Miss Arabella \n Mason, a very pretty young woman of eighteen years of age, who \n constantly looked in the glass merely to ascertain if she had ever seen",
"a face which she preferred to her own, and who never read any novel \n without discovering that there was a remarkable likeness between the \n heroine and her pretty self. \n \n Miss Arabella Mason was the eldest daughter of the steward of the old",
"educated, as was, indeed, my daughter, Arabella, through the kindness of \n my old patron, Mrs Delmar, the aunt of the Honourable Captain Delmar, \n whom you have often met here, and who is heir to the title of de",
"one and the same time the admiration and laughter of all the servants. \n It hardly need be observed, that the clever and sprightly Miss Arabella \n Mason considered Ben as one much beneath her, that is, she said so on",
"occasional invitation. It may be inquired in what capacity Miss \n Arabella Mason remained at the Hall; she was not a servant, for her \n position in life was above that of a menial; neither was she received",
" \"Comfort yourself, dear Arabella, as well as you can with the \n reflection that it has been the will of Heaven, to whose decrees we \n must submit with resignation. I am deeply suffering myself; for, had",
"steward, but he died, poor man, a long while ago; I am sure it would \n have broken his heart, if, in his lifetime, my daughter Arabella had \n made the foolish marriage which she did with a private marine--however,",
"Arabella; consider the consequence;\" and then he would burst out in such \n fond expressions towards me, that the tears ran down my cheeks as I \n planted a kiss upon his forehead; for he was insensible, and I could do \n so without offence. \n",
" mother, ARABELLA KEENE.\" \n \n I read this letter over ten times before I came to any conclusion; at \n last I said to myself, there is not in any one part of it any positive",
"Bella Mason. She was very respectful towards you, but you did not know \n what her temper was; there never was so proud a young woman, or who \n considered herself of such consequence as she did--so much so, that she",
"\"I only say, madam, what was said at the time by everybody, that Bella \n Mason never would have married that marine, whom she looked upon with \n contempt, although he certainly was a good-looking young man, if she had \n not been obliged to do so.\"",
"as usual, by Ben, and the second day after their arrival it was made \n known to all whom it might concern, that Miss Arabella Mason had \n actually contracted a secret marriage with the handsome Benjamin Keene. \n \n Of course, the last person made acquainted with this interesting",
"looked at it; it was the handwriting of Captain Delmar. The candle \n required snuffing; I raised the letter to the light that I might read \n it, and read as follows:-- \n \n \"MY DEAR ARABELLA:-- \n",
"Bella Mason might have done better--but she was his aunt's servant, and \n Keene was his valet, so that the disparity was not so very great. He \n then intimated that he had long perceived the growing attachment; talked",
"Miss Delmar. When it was first announced that Bella Keene was safely in \n bed with a fine boy, the offended spinster turned away from the \n communication with horror; when her own maid ventured to remark that it",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"\"The matter is this, nephew,\" replied the old lady--\"that marriage of \n your marine and Bella Mason should have taken place six months sooner \n than it did. This is a wicked world, nephew; and sailors, I'm afraid, \n are--\"",
"you.\" \n \n \"That's more than I am with him,\" said Amelia, calmly. \n \n Here two ladies came in. \n \n Captain Bridgeman made a most polite bow. \"I trust Mrs Handbell is",
"now.\" \n \n \"Yes; God's will be done, Captain Bridgeman; now you see, sir, that this \n marriage of Bella's has done no good to the prospects of her sister",
"marine.\" \n \n \"That marine, ma'am! he was innocent enough; Bella was not likely to \n listen to one like him.\" \n \n \"Who can you mean then, Phillis?\" \n"
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"\"My dear Keene,\" said he, \"I have been to the major, and, to my \n surprise, when I stated to him what had passed at the table last night, \n his reply was, that he perfectly remembered all about it and that he",
"\"Captain Keene, madam,\" said he, as he introduced me into a large room, \n at the end of which sat a venerable-looking old lady, very busy with her \n knitting needle, and another, almost equally ancient, sitting on a low",
"Keene with any more of your impertinent curiosity.\" \n \n \"No, no,\" croaked the old lady; \"hold your tongue, Medea, hold your \n tongue.\" \n \n Miss Medea, who looked as if she could tear my eyes out if she dared,",
"\"Master Keene, I'm sure, by your looks, you knew something about this. \n That foolish lad never had dared do so, if he knew what it was he had \n done. Now, don't look so demure, but tell me how it is.\" \n",
"\"Mr Keene, sir,\" replied I, again putting my hand to my head. \n \n Bob Cross, who was, with many of the seamen, close to me, quite \n forgetting etiquette, ran up and caught me round the waist, looking me",
"Keene?\" \n \n \"It is; but I am fearful that your thoughts run faster than the clock, \n Mr Flat; you are thinking of the dress-bugle for dinner.\" \n \n \"No, I was not.\" \n",
"\"Mr Keene,\" said the captain. \n \n \"Mr Keene, I wish to speak with you before you go.\" \n \n Captain Delmar then walked to the capstern, and, in few words, pointed",
"\"Come here, Mr Keene,\" said he, \"where's your manners? why don't you \n say good morning to your preceptor? Can you read at all?\" \n \n \"No, sir.\" \n \n \"D'ye know your letters?\" \n",
"\"Well, I'm sorry to hear you say that, Mr Keene; I thought you had a \n kinder heart.\" \n \n \"So I have, Bob; but I'll tell you a secret, known only to the first",
"\"Mr Keene, go down quietly and ascertain how many men we have hurt: the \n doctor will be able to tell you pretty nearly.\" \n \n \"Aye, aye, sir,\" replied I, and I dived down below; just as I did so, a",
"\"Well, Mr Keene, you have really taken a weight off my mind; now tell \n me all about it. You know I'm safe.\" \n \n I then told Bob what had happened, and of Tommy's intention to make his",
"Bob Cross, who had for some time been at his bedside, wiped the tears \n from his eyes, and said, \"Master Keene, how this man must have suffered \n to have cloaked his feelings towards you in the way which he has done.",
"Keene. You all stay still, not move; pose you move about, make pison \n work. I come back soon as I can.\" \n \n Leila then took my arm and led me tottering out of the room, when I went",
"\"Yes, Bob, not very far from it.\" \n \n \"Well, I suppose I must say Mister Keene for the future.\" \n \n \"You may call be what you like, Bob; you have been a good friend to me.\" \n",
"Moreover, Benjamin Keene, although only a private marine was, without \n exception, one of the handsomest men that ever was seen and being \n equally as well made and well drilled as he was handsome in person, he",
"disgraced, and that--\" \n \n \"Well, go on, sir.\" \n \n \"I will, Captain Delmar; but I hope you'll not be angry, sir. Mr Keene",
"\"You're Captain Keene, then, whose letters to the Admiralty Jane has so \n often read to me in the newspapers. Where have we met? I've heard that \n voice before.\" \n \n \"Indeed sir,\" replied I, rather confused. \n",
"servants away--they will talk.\" \n \n \"Bob Cross is down below, sir,\" replied I: \"he is the safest man to wait \n upon him.\" \n \n \"I agree with you, Keene--send for him, and he shall remain at his",
"\"Well, sir, the master could not bear the sneering of the sogers on \n shore, and he consented that Mr Keene should take your place, which he \n did, sir; and I hope you will not be angry with Mr Keene, for it's your",
"personage had been selected out of the marine corps which had been \n drafted into the frigate. Benjamin Keene, for such was his name, was \n certainly endowed with several qualities which were indispensable in a"
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"as usual, by Ben, and the second day after their arrival it was made \n known to all whom it might concern, that Miss Arabella Mason had \n actually contracted a secret marriage with the handsome Benjamin Keene. \n \n Of course, the last person made acquainted with this interesting",
"proposed that he should marry the girl. That such was the fact is \n undoubted, although they knew it not; and Ben, who considered the wish \n of his captain as tantamount to an order, as soon as he could comprehend",
"Ben had taken up the affair so seriously, it was presumed that if there \n had been anticipation of the hymeneal rites he was himself the party who \n had been hasty; and that now he was married, he was resolved to resent",
"Hall shortly after her marriage with Ben the marine. Latterly, however, \n they had corresponded; for my mother, who was too independent to seek \n her mother when she was merely the wife of a private marine, now that",
"accidents would prevent Ben's reappearance, as she was ashamed of him as \n a husband, and felt that he was an obstacle to her sister's advancement. \n \n So one fine day Ben wished us all good bye; my mother was very generous",
"married her. Come, my dear aunt, allow me to plead for them, although I \n am very much distressed that such an event should take place in your \n house. I think,\" added he, after a pause, \"I shall give Mr Keene seven",
"received amounted to a considerable sum of money, over which her husband \n had never ventured to assert any claim. \n \n Indeed, I must do Ben Keene the justice to say that he had the virtue of",
"with the sister objectionable to the whole corps, as it would be \n derogatory that one sister should be the wife of a private, and the \n other of an officer. Ben would have been able to say, \"My",
"\"Oh yes; he went to sea about eighteen months ago, and he was killed in \n action.\" \n \n After this came on a series of questions and cross-questions; I replied \n to her so as to make it appear that Ben was my father, and nobody else,",
"to him, as she could well afford to be. I rather think that Ben himself \n was not sorry to go, for, stupid as he was, he must have felt what a \n cypher he had become, being treated, not only by my mother, but by",
"After our return, my mother gave me a great deal of advice. She told me \n that, as I had lost my father Ben, I must now look upon Captain Delmar \n as a father to me; that Ben had been a faithful servant to the captain,",
"pleased at so unusual an occurrence, and already the sneers and \n innuendoes of the servants' hall were not wanting. It appeared, \n however, that an interview had taken place between Ben and Captain \n Delmar shortly after my making my appearance: what occurred did not",
"afterwards asserted by those who find out everything after it has taken \n place, that Ben would never have ventured to look up to such an unequal \n match had he not been prompted to it by his master, who actually",
"not conceal from me: the fact was, my grandmother had triumphed, and I \n was going to school. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER FOUR. \n \n As soon as I was clear of the door, I looked up into Ben's face and",
"more at her demeaning herself by marrying a private marine. Captain \n Delmar replied, that it was true that Ben was only a private, but that \n every common soldier was a gentleman by profession. It was true that",
"As the Honourable Captain Delmar was very constant in his visits to his \n aunt, it was but natural that he should pay some little attention to her \n humble companion. By degrees the intimacy increased, and at last there",
"any impertinent remarks upon his conduct. At all events, the question \n now became one of less interest, as the scandal was of less importance; \n and as Ben had made known his determination to resent any remarks upon",
"one and the same time the admiration and laughter of all the servants. \n It hardly need be observed, that the clever and sprightly Miss Arabella \n Mason considered Ben as one much beneath her, that is, she said so on",
"check her laughter. \n \n A minute afterwards, Ben the marine first tapped gently, and then opened \n the door and came in; for at that late hour the officers were all at \n dinner, and the shop empty. \n",
"part of my aunt, which were to me a foreboding of something unpleasant. \n A few days brought to light what was the result of various whisperings \n and consultations. It was on a fine Monday morning, that Ben made his"
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"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
" GUTENBERG EBOOK PERCIVAL KEENE *** \n \n \n \n \n Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England \n \n \n \n \n Percival Keene, by Captain Marryat. \n",
"\"Percival Keene\" was published in 1842, the nineteenth book to flow from \n Marryat's pen. \n \n This e-text was transcribed in 1998 by Nick Hodson, and was reformatted",
"\"My dear Keene,\" said he, \"I have been to the major, and, to my \n surprise, when I stated to him what had passed at the table last night, \n his reply was, that he perfectly remembered all about it and that he",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"Keene with any more of your impertinent curiosity.\" \n \n \"No, no,\" croaked the old lady; \"hold your tongue, Medea, hold your \n tongue.\" \n \n Miss Medea, who looked as if she could tear my eyes out if she dared,",
"\"Master Keene, I'm sure, by your looks, you knew something about this. \n That foolish lad never had dared do so, if he knew what it was he had \n done. Now, don't look so demure, but tell me how it is.\" \n",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"\"Captain Keene, madam,\" said he, as he introduced me into a large room, \n at the end of which sat a venerable-looking old lady, very busy with her \n knitting needle, and another, almost equally ancient, sitting on a low",
"The coxswain first broke the silence:--\"What's your name, my little \n Trojan?\" said he. \n \n \"Percival Keene.\" \n \n \"Well I'm blessed if I didn't think that you were one of the Delmar",
"to take nearly two pounds of blood from him; and, Mr Keene,\" continued \n the surgeon, \"he talks a great deal of you and other persons. You may \n go in to him, if you please; for I have as much as possible kept the",
"\"I certainly have, my dear Percival, much more than is necessary for me \n to live in comfort, and I may say, some little luxury; but I have \n thought of you, and for your sake, every year, have continued to add to \n my profits.\" \n",
"\"Come here, Mr Keene,\" said he, \"where's your manners? why don't you \n say good morning to your preceptor? Can you read at all?\" \n \n \"No, sir.\" \n \n \"D'ye know your letters?\" \n",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"The captain's coxswain--humph. Well, that's settled at all events; \n very good--we shall have the pleasure of your company to dinner, Mr \n Keene. Why, Mr Dott and you look as if you knew each other.\" \n",
"\"I have just sent for an old messmate of yours, Captain Keene, who was \n severely wounded in your action with the Dutch frigate; he has now \n passed, and Lord de Versely recommended him to me as a deserving young \n officer--a Mr Dott.\"",
"particulars in which I could honestly do credit to his lordship, and I \n often referred to his kindness for me. \n \n \"Well, Captain Keene, my nephew has often spoken to me about you, and",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"\"That's Percival's work, I'll answer for it.\" \n \n My granny received the needle from Ben, and then turned to me: \"You \n good-for-nothing boy; so you put the needle there, did you? pretending"
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"CHAPTER NINE. \n \n As soon as it was ascertained that Mr O'Gallagher was gone, my \n grandmother insisted upon my being sent to another school, and on this \n occasion my mother made the inquiries herself, and I was despatched to",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"Mr O'Gallagher resumed his occupations, and I was again sent off to \n school. When I entered the school-room I found him looking very pale \n and cadaverous; as soon as he saw me his lips were drawn apart, and he",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"order in his school than in any other establishment of the kind in the \n town; and I presume that my granny had made inquiries to that effect, as \n there were one or two schools of the same kind much nearer to my",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"\"Yes, yes, those who hide can find; to school you go, or I'll not stay \n in the house.\" \n \n Ben took the tea-tray out of the room. He had been well drilled in and \n out of barracks. \n",
"The neighbours perceiving how ill he was, led him out of the \n school-rooms into his own apartment, one going for a doctor, and the \n others telling the boys they might all go home, a notice of which they \n gladly availed themselves. \n",
"perfectly innocent of the misdemeanour. At last I was voted a common \n nuisance, and every one, except my mother and my aunt Milly, declared \n that it was high time that I went to school. \n",
"school, and wondered that we heard nothing of Captain Delmar, when news \n was received from another quarter. \n \n One morning Captain Bridgeman came much earlier than usual, and with a \n very grave face put on especially for the occasion. I had not set off",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
"About six months after I had blown up the school of Mr O'Gallagher, the \n company to which my father Ben belonged was ordered afloat again, and \n shortly afterwards sailed for the East Indies, in the Redoubtable, 74.",
"his pupils in every part of the school. He was not a tall man, but very \n square built, with carroty hair and very bushy red whiskers; to me he \n appeared a most formidable person, especially when he opened his large",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"however, agreeably disappointed; he did not punish either me or any of \n the other boys. \n \n I afterwards found out the reason was, that, although necessity \n compelled him to re-open his school as soon as he could, he was too weak"
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"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"\"Well, Percival, I cannot blame you; and do not you, therefore, blame \n your mother too much, when you consider that the same feeling was the \n cause of her becoming your mother.\" \n",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"\"His own mother, sir; he has no father, sir, I hear.\" \n \n \"Did you see her? What sort of a person was she?\" \n \n \"Well, sir,\" replied Bob Cross, \"I've seen many ladies of quality, but",
"\"That's Percival's work, I'll answer for it.\" \n \n My granny received the needle from Ben, and then turned to me: \"You \n good-for-nothing boy; so you put the needle there, did you? pretending",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"even I was, and offered to give the marine a good whipping.\" \n \n \"That may be, madam, but still Captain Delmar was the father of that \n boy; for, if you recollect, old Mrs Mason came to the Hall, and went",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
" can have any proof under my nephew's own hand that Percival is his \n son, I will be content; but without that I sign the new will.' \n \n \"Such is the state of affairs, that you have little chance if such a",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"I certainly have, my dear Percival, much more than is necessary for me \n to live in comfort, and I may say, some little luxury; but I have \n thought of you, and for your sake, every year, have continued to add to \n my profits.\" \n",
"never part, that is certain,\" murmured I. I had almost lost my breath \n from emotion, and I sat down to recover myself. After a minute or two I \n pulled the letter out and read it over again. \"And he is my father, and",
"\"Yes; handsome boy,\" croaked the old lady. \n \n \"Papa's dead.\" \n \n \"Dead! I thought so,\" observed Miss Medea, winking at her mother. \n \n \"Did you ever see your papa, dearest?\" \n",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n"
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"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"\"His Britannic Majesty's ship Calliope,\" replied Captain Delmar; and \n then he repeated--\"What ship is that? Let every man lie down at his \n quarters,\" said Captain Delmar. The order was hardly obeyed, when the",
"brought on board, and put down in the fore-hold, which had been cleared \n for their reception. \n \n By noon everything was so far ready that we were enabled to take the \n prize in tow, and make sail on the Calliope, after which the men, who",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"H.M. ship Calliope being reported manned and ready for sea; orders were \n sent down for his going round to Portsmouth to await the commands of the \n Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Captain Delmar came to pay his \n farewell visit. \n",
"myself and threaten him.\" \n \n \"As for that,\" replied aunt Milly, \"I'm sure that sister, if she hears \n what's going on, as she cannot take Percival away, will order her",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"Then you belong to that frigate that chased us the day before \n yesterday?\" \n \n \"Yes,\" replied I. \n \n \"What is her name?\" \n \n \"The Calliope.\" \n \n \"She sails well,\" said he. \n",
"Calliope had made the signal for her to do so, and the schooner had \n replied that she had no boat that could swim. I then perceived that the \n frigate had lowered down a boat which was pulling towards me, and I \n considered myself as safe. \n",
"Captain Delmar had shown great kindness to the son of the Dutch captain \n and he did not send him on shore with the rest of the prisoners, but \n permitted him to remain, and come home in the Calliope. He recovered",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
"The Calliope sent her carpenters and best seamen on board to repair her \n damages, and the next day we stood away for Port Royal, Jamaica, to \n announce the destruction of the pirate vessel. \n \n In the morning Captain Delmar sent for me. \n",
"in the Calliope. You and he were very thick together.\" \n \n \"Yes,\" replied I: \"when I came on board, a mere lad, he was very kind to \n me, and I am very partial to him in consequence.\" \n",
"returned on board of the Calliope, and went up to the captain to make my \n report, and present him with the sword of the officer commanding the \n prize. \n \n Just as I was commencing my story, Mr Culpepper came up without his",
"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
"perceived the stout fellow ahead, who hallooed out, \"Hold her tight! \n hold her tight!\" but that I would no longer do, as it was fatiguing \n work; so, as a punishment for his cowardice, I let go the animal,",
"\"Granny has told him to treat me ill,\" said I, \"that's very clear, from \n what he said; never mind, I'll make her sorry for it.\" \n \n \"Oh Percival! you must not do anything to granny,\" said aunt Milly,",
"\"And do you promise me that you will not attempt to escape a second \n time?\" \n \n \"I promise you that I will not,\" replied I. \n \n \"Enough,\" said Vincent. \"Now let us go down the hill, for I am very"
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"\"It must be him,\" replied Milly; \"for my sister was brought up by his \n aunt, Mrs Delmar; no wonder she was surprised at meeting him so \n suddenly. Percival, you naughty boy,\" continued Milly, shaking her",
"not be ascertained till I saw the surgeon. I remained thinking over the \n events which had passed. I called to mind that the captain, in his \n delirium, had called me his own boy, his Percival and I felt more happy. \n",
"\"My dear Percival,\" said old Mr Vanderwelt, after I had concluded my \n narrative, \"you have been pursuing a shadow, although the pursuit has \n called forth all your energies, and led to your advancement. You have",
"\"An why so, Percival? I cannot see how that will benefit you; it was on \n my account that he took charge of you. You are not sure that he may not \n be severed from you, and who knows but that my supposed death may",
"high; but at times he changed the subject, and then he spoke of me and \n my mother. \"Where is my boy--my own boy, Percival?\" said he--\"my \n pride--where is he? Arabella, you must not be angry with me--no,",
" you. On the night of the 10th, Percival was in a boat which broke \n adrift from the ship in a gale of wind; it was dark, and the fact not \n known until too late to render any assistance. \n",
"made known to him. I have no doubt that he will be afloat again in a \n few months, and when we are out of England I will bide the proper time.\" \n \n \"But your grandmother, Percival--must I tell her?\" \n",
"\"Percival,\" said my mother, \"I see the judiciousness of what you say and \n of your behaviour towards him; but allow me to ask you: What is the \n object you are aiming at--I mean particularly aiming at? Of course you",
"which they had all rushed from him in dismay, just as I entered; when I \n caught him by the hand saying, \"Tommy, my boy, how are you?\" They then \n perceived that it was Tommy himself, and order was restored. \n",
"duly registered in the church books as Percival Keene. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER TWO. \n \n There is no security in this world. A dissolution of Parliament took \n place, and on the following election the Honourable Captain Delmar's",
"pleased me very much for your sake, Master Percival. You see, a man \n don't think much of marrying after forty, and the captain must be fifty, \n if not more.\" \n",
"\"I certainly have, my dear Percival, much more than is necessary for me \n to live in comfort, and I may say, some little luxury; but I have \n thought of you, and for your sake, every year, have continued to add to \n my profits.\" \n",
"desire; their affection shown towards me, their anxiety about my wound, \n and joy at once more having me under their roof, proved that I had not \n been forgotten. After a short time, Vangilt left the room, and I",
"she was delighted to find so much virtue extant in a sailor; and, after \n an hour's conversation, the married couple were sent for, graciously \n pardoned, and Mrs Keene, after receiving a very tedious lecture,",
"\"You are, my dear mother; my great end is, that Captain Delmar should \n acknowledge me as his son.\" \n \n \"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think",
"intentions. As to what we arrange relative to Captain Delmar, say \n nothing to her--she hates his very name, and is not likely to talk about \n him.\" \n \n \"Well, Percival you will allow me till to-morrow to think about it",
"\"Well, Percival, I cannot blame you; and do not you, therefore, blame \n your mother too much, when you consider that the same feeling was the \n cause of her becoming your mother.\" \n",
"the frigate. It was as follows:-- \n \n \"My dear Percival:-- \n \n \"You little know the pain and astonishment which I felt upon receipt \n of your very unkind and insulting letter; surely you could not have",
"In the meantime the young officer had been taken down below to the \n surgeon, who had now some leisure to attend to him. He was soon \n restored, and the surgeon expressed his opinion that it would be",
"We pulled on board in the gig, and Peggy was soon in the arms of her \n husband. As Pearson embraced her at the gangway--for he could not help \n it--the first lieutenant very kindly said, \"Pearson, I shan't want you"
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"be imagined, very intimate with little Minnie. \n \n I may as well describe her. She was about ten years old, tall for her \n age; she was very fair, with deep blue eyes, and very dark hair; her",
"\"And little Minnie, sir?\" inquired I: \"it is now nearly five years since \n I saw her.\" \n \n \"Little Minnie is no longer little Minnie, Mr Keene, I can assure you.",
"after Minnie was born. She was very affectionate in disposition, and \n very sweet-tempered; up to the present she had received but little \n education, and that was one principal reason for Mr Vanderwelt's",
"every comfort, in the company of Mr Vanderwelt, and with the beaming \n eyes of Minnie watching over me. \n \n The report of Minnie's beauty was fully warranted. When she first made",
"Shortly afterwards we went to bed. I must say, his description of \n Minnie, which was even much more in detail than I have narrated to the \n reader, did prevent my going to sleep for a long while. Women, as the",
"Vanderwelt, my mind was relieved, and I had nothing to do but to think \n of and talk to Minnie. That my progress in her affections was rapid, \n was not to be wondered at, her attachment to me having commenced so",
"Cross made all haste, and sailed the next morning. Having put this \n affair in train, I had nothing to do but to give all my thoughts to \n Minnie. In another fortnight I was completely recovered, and then I",
"\"Yes, Minnie; I had long been anxious to see you, and could not help \n availing myself of the first opportunity.\" \n \n \"Thank God you are here at last,\" said Mr Vanderwelt, \"and that there",
"the doctor would come.\" \n \n \"I could not sleep last night, Minnie--and it was all your fault.\" \n \n \"My fault!\" \n \n \"Yes, your fault; for I could not sleep for thinking of you; I thought",
"still I had a strong affection for Minnie--that is for little Minnie, as \n I saw her first, with her beautiful large eyes and Madonna countenance, \n clinging to her father. With the exception of my own relations, who",
"Portsmouth. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. \n \n As soon as I was at home again, the events of the day, from association \n of ideas, naturally brought Minnie Vanderwelt into my head, and I",
"The next morning I was pale and feverish, which they observed with \n concern, Minnie was sitting by me, and Mr Vanderwelt had left the room, \n when she said, \"How very pale you are, and your hand is so hot; I wish",
"with Minnie's love to care much about anything else; my ambition melted \n away before it, and I looked forward to the time when I might embrace \n her as my own. \n \n My wound healed rapidly; I had been a month at Hamburg, and was able to",
"not repine. I will take your name when you give me Minnie, and I will \n think no more about that of Delmar.\" \n \n After this conversation, the subject was not renewed. I felt too happy",
"sufficient, for Minnie was as winning in her manners as she was lovely \n in her person, and I was not at all surprised at hearing from Vangilt of \n the numerous suitors for her hand. \n \n \n \n CHAPTER FORTY FIVE. \n",
"thanks,\" said Mynheer Vanderwelt, \"and poor Minnie too. How often have \n we talked over that dreadful day, and wondered if ever we should see you \n again. I assure you, on my honour, that now I no longer regret the",
"few days.\" \n \n \"There is more than one there who will be delighted to see you.\" \n \n \"Is Mr Vanderwelt alive and well?\" \n \n \"Oh yes; and Minnie, my pretty cousin, is still unmarried.\" Vangilt",
"early; and as her father was evidently pleased at our increasing \n intimacy, in a fortnight after my arrival at Hamburg, Minnie had \n consented to be mine, and her father had joined our hands, and given us \n his blessing. \n",
"\"Well, Minnie dearest, I may congratulate you, I believe, as the lady of \n Madeline Hall,\" said I, folding up the letter. \n \n \"Yes, Percival, but there is a postscript overleaf, which you have not",
"capture of the island.\" \n \n Minnie stood by me during the time her father was speaking, her large \n blue eyes beaming through the tears with which they brimmed; and as I \n turned to her, our eyes met, and she smiled. I drew her towards me."
]
] |
[
"Who does Arabella Mason wed?",
"How does Percival Keene get his name?",
"Who is the bully that steals Percival's lunch?",
"How does Percival get even with O'Gallagher after he takes all of the boy's fireworks?",
"Who does Percival convince the Pirates to spare?",
"How does Percival save Captain Delmar's life?",
"What shocking news does Percival's mother admit to?",
"What happens when Percival is captured by the French?",
"What news does Percival receive at the end of the story?",
"What is the name of the de Versely family house?",
"Who lives at Madeline Hall?",
"Who does Capitan Delmar suggest Ben marry in secret?",
"Who is Ben and Arabella's son?",
"What does Percival do to his grandmother that caused him to go away to school?",
"Who's lives does Percival convince the pirate captain to spare?",
"Who becomes Lord de Versely after his brother dies?",
"What is Percival promoted to after a battalion with a French war ship?",
"Who does Percival propose to?",
"What is Percival granted at the end of the story?",
"Who is Arabella Manson?",
" Who is Been Kneene?",
"Who did Ben married in secrete ?",
"Who was Percival Kneene?",
"What school did Percival was sent to?",
"Who was Percival biological father?",
"Why did H. M. Calliope took Percival as prisoner?",
"Who did Percival reunited with?",
"Who was Minnie?"
] |
[
[
"Ben Keene, Delmar's valet",
"Ben Keene"
],
[
"Percival is Captain Delmar's first name, and Keene is Ben's last name",
"Captain's name and Ben's surname"
],
[
"his teacher, Mr. O'Gallagher",
"The schoolmaster"
],
[
"He sets them on fire with the teacher sitting on them",
"He sets them off underneath him"
],
[
"a rich Dutch merchant and his daughter Minnie",
"A Dutch Merchant and his daughter"
],
[
"When the captain is ill, Percival takes his place in a duel with a French officer",
"Take his place in a duel"
],
[
"Captain Delmar is Percival's father",
"He's a bastard"
],
[
"he is sentenced to execution",
"He escapes"
],
[
"He has been granted the right to use his father's name, Delmar",
"He gets the arms and name of his biological father"
],
[
"Madeline Hall",
"Madeline Hall"
],
[
"Miss Delmar",
"Miss Delmar"
],
[
"Arabella",
"Arabella Mason"
],
[
"Percival Keene",
"Percival"
],
[
"He bit his grandmother.",
"bites her"
],
[
"A Dutch merchant and his daughter",
"a wealthy dutch merchant and his daughter minnie"
],
[
"Colonial Delmar",
"Captain Delmar"
],
[
"Capitan",
"captain"
],
[
"Minni",
"Minnie"
],
[
"The arms and name of Delmar",
"Arms and name of Delmar"
],
[
"Miss Delma house guest",
"She's Percival's mother"
],
[
"His Captain Delmar valet",
"valet and private marine"
],
[
"Arabella Manson",
"Arabella Mason."
],
[
"Arabella and Been son",
"Ben and Arabella's son"
],
[
"Mr O'Gallagher school",
"Mr. O'Gallagher's school house."
],
[
"Captain Delmar",
"Captain Delmar"
],
[
"Because Percival skin was dyed tan",
"He doesn't recognize him"
],
[
"Minnie",
"minnie"
],
[
"A Heiress",
"Daughter to the dutch merchant"
]
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