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    The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7.
    The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7.
    The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7.
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    The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7.

    By W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs and Will Owen

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    LanguageEnglish
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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7.

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      The Toll-House Sailor's Knots, Part 7. - W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

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      Title: The Toll-House

      Sailor's Knots, Part 7.

      Author: W.W. Jacobs

      Release Date: January 22, 2004 [EBook #10787]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TOLL-HOUSE ***

      Produced by David Widger

      SAILORS' KNOTS

      By W.W. Jacobs

      1909

      Part 7.

      List of Illustrations

      THE TOLL-HOUSE

      It's all nonsense, said Jack Barnes. Of course people have died in the house; people die in every house. As for the noises—wind in the chimney and rats in the wainscot are very convincing to a nervous man. Give me another cup of tea, Meagle.

      Lester and White are first, said Meagle, who was presiding at the tea-table of the Three Feathers Inn. You've had two.

      Lester and White finished their cups with irritating slowness, pausing between sips to sniff the aroma, and to discover the sex and dates of arrival of the strangers which floated in some numbers in the beverage. Mr. Meagle served them to the brim, and then, turning to the grimly expectant Mr. Barnes, blandly requested him to ring for hot water.

      We'll try and keep your nerves in their present healthy condition, he remarked. For my part I have a sort of half-and-half belief in the super-natural.

      All sensible people have, said Lester. An aunt of mine saw a ghost once.

      White

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