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CHAPTER XVII
A MESSAGE FROM MANLING—WITH POSTSCRIPT BY "WIRELESS"
"Well! He got away with it again!" The people at the breakfast table verily seemed to be congratulating her when at last she came down in the morning.
"Away with it again, and never a clue!" Her nodding acquaintances upon the deck seemed to pursue her to add their felicitations as she went out for refuge.
"I say, but he seems quite to have got away with it once more, hasn't he?" Mr. Dunneston met her with undisguised admiration finally and caught step with her upon the promenade.
"And really, you know," he went on solicitously, "I almost wish he might get away with this 'wireless' business, too. Really, it seems he deserves it, what? Here he has made away
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