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HOW THE ARISTOCRATS SAILED AWAY.
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could scarcely prevent themselves from being overfed. At night, cushions were brought for them to lie upon, and a rope was fastened to the ends of the admiral's stilts, which were hoisted up into the rigging, so as to be out of the way.
THE ADMIRAL AT NIGHT.
The aristocrats now did just as they pleased. They steered in the direction in which they supposed the coast should lie, and, as
