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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CONVICT SHIP, VOLUME 2 (OF 3)
***UNDER SEALED ORDERS. By GRANT ALLEN. 3 vols.
A LONDON LEGEND. By JUSTIN H. MCCARTHY. 3 vols.
THE TREMLETT DIAMONDS. By ALAN ST. AUBYN. 2 vols.
THE DRIFT OF FATE. By DORA RUSSELL. 3 vols.
BEYOND THE DREAMS OF AVARICE. By WALTER BESANT. 1 vol.
THE MINOR CHORD. By J. MITCHELL CHAPPLE. 1 vol.
HIS VANISHED STAR. By C. EGBERT CRADDOCK. 1 vol.
ROMANCES OF THE OLD SERAGLIO. By H. N. CRELLIN. 1 vol.
VILLAGE TALES AND JUNGLE TRAGEDIES. By B. M. CROKER. 1 vol.
MADAME SANS-GÊNE. By E. LEPELLETIER. 1 vol.
MOUNT DESPAIR. By D. CHRISTIE MURRAY. 1 vol.
THE PHANTOM DEATH. By W. CLARK RUSSELL. 1 vol.
THE PRINCE OF BALKISTAN. By ALLEN UPWARD. 1 vol.
AUTHOR OF ‘THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR’ ‘MY SHIPMATE LOUISE’ ‘THE PHANTOM DEATH’ ETC.
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XVIII. SHE IS TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMANDER 1
XXV. SHE DELIVERS HER LETTER, AND SEES A CONVICT PUNISHED 144
XXVI. SHE ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICE AND WITNESSES A TRAGEDY 159
XXVIII. SHE OVERHEARS TWO SAILORS TALKING 196
XXIX. SHE IS ALARMED BY WHAT IS SAID BY THE OFFICERS 207
XXX. SHE CONVERSES WITH HER SWEETHEART 221
XXXII. SHE DESCRIBES THE SEIZURE OF THE SHIP BY THE CONVICTS 256
XXXIII. SHE DESCRIBES THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE CONVICTS 287
I was awakened from a deep slumber by the glare of a lantern upon my eyes, by the weight of a heavy hand upon my shoulder, and by a deep voice roaring out: ‘Here y’are, then! Another convict, is it? Who’s to say what’s right aboard a craft where everything’s wrong? Out you come, my lively!’ And, still half asleep and blinded by the light and deafened by the fellow’s roaring voice, I was dragged as though I had been a child out of the sail and held erect.