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THE TWO MIDSHIPMEN.

CHAPTER I.

WE must now introduce our readers to the family mansion of the Vernons, a handsome building of the Elizabethan style, standing on a slight elevation, obtaining, through a vista of lofty oaks, a near and beautiful view of South ampton Water, some few miles below the town.

Three persons were in the drawing-room. At a table, with writing materials before her, was the mistress of the mansion, Lady Vernon

VOL. II.

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