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"Let's see," says he, "what did you tell me your name was?"
"Now, observe, I hadn't given him my name at all and his question
embarrassed me a bit. Somehow or other it didn't seem proper for me to
fling his own name at him as it were. So I merely pulled out my new
certificate from my pocket and put it into his hand unfolded, so that he
could read _Charles Powell_ written very plain on the parchment.
"He dropped his eyes on to it and after a while laid it quietly on the
desk by his side. I didn't know whether he meant to make any remark on
this coincidence. Before he had time to say anything the glass door came
open with a bang and a tall, active man rushed in with great strides. His
face looked very red below his high silk hat. You could see at once he
was the skipper of a big ship.
"Mr. Powell after telling me in an undertone to wait a little addressed
him in a friendly way.
"I've been expecting you in every moment to fetch away your Articles,
Captain. Here they are all ready for you." And turning to a pile of
agreements lying at his elbow he took up the topmost of them.


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