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| 39 | 22 | Oddly, I was not View more quotes about clear">clear as to the identity of the ship's master. |
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| 39 | 19 | "What may we expect to encounter?" inquired lord Nishida. |
| 39 | 20 | We had been three days on the Alexandra, mainly carried downstream by the current. |
| 39 | 21 | Small boats, oared, had occasionally preceded us, to confirm soundings. |
| 39 | 22 | Oddly, I was not clear as to the identity of the ship's master. |
| 39 | 23 | It was alleged to be Aëtius, who was often seen on the stern castle, but I was uneasy in this matter, as I knew him, rather, as of the shipwrights. |
| 39 | 24 | To be sure, there was no reason why a shipwright might not possess the seacraft, the judgment and wisdom of a high mariner, but it would be an unusual combination. |
| 39 | 25 | We did have aboard several mariners, who had had service in round ships. |