“He owns half of the armada. He could sail a different ship of his possession every day of the week for the next twenty years.”
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“I hardly doubt he realizes that.” Neville walked into the room carrying a telegram. He promptly handed it to Mrs. Dixon. “This just arrived from New York City.”
Mrs. Dixon grit her teeth, but did not argue. She placed the bottle on the ground next to her chair and accepted the telegram. “Neville, please go down to Longhorn’s harbor and ask the boy at the dock if he saw Mortimer board the ship to Africa this morning.”
“I was quite looking forward to completing the other task you had assigned me this morning,”
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“The table can wait until you return.” Mrs. Dixon flipped the card over in her hand and inspected the fine paper. “Please go to the
