got something to show you. Wait a minute.' “I 'eard her moving about, and then she comes back into the cabin. “I 'eard her moving about, and then she comes back into the cabin. “'I can't find the key of my box,' she ses, 'and it's in there. I wonder whether you've got a key that would open it. It's a padlock.' “'I can't find the key of my box,' she ses, 'and it's in there. I wonder whether you've got a key that would open it. It's a padlock.' “I put my 'and in my pocket and pulled out my keys. 'Shall I come and try?' I ses. “I put my 'and in my pocket and pulled out my keys. 'Shall I come and try?' I ses. “'No, thank you,' she ses, taking the keys. 'This looks about the size. What key is it?' “'No, thank you,' she ses, taking the keys. 'This looks about the size. What key is it?' “'It's the key of the gate,' I ses, 'but I don't suppose it'll fit.' “'It's the key of the gate,' I ses, 'but I don't suppose it'll fit.' “She went back into the state-room agin, and I 'eard her fumbling at a lock. Then she came back into the cabin, breathing rather hard, and stood thinking. “She went back into the state-room agin, and I 'eard her fumbling at a lock. Then she came back into the cabin, breathing rather hard, and stood thinking. “'I've just remembered,' she ses, pinching her chin. 'Yes!' “'I've just remembered,' she ses, pinching her chin. 'Yes!' “She stepped to the door and went up the companion-ladder, and the next moment I 'eard a sliding noise and a key turn in a lock. I jumped to the foot of the ladder and, 'ardly able to believe my senses, saw that the hatch was closed. When I found that it was locked too, you might ha' knocked me down with a feather. “She stepped to the door and went up the companion-ladder, and the next moment I 'eard a sliding noise and a key turn in a lock. I jumped to the foot of the ladder and, 'ardly able to believe my senses, saw that the hatch was closed. When I found that it was locked too, you might ha' knocked me down with a feather.
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