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"She was lost sight of at sundown, citoyen," replied Desgas, "but was then making west, towards Cap Gris Nez."
The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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"She was lost sight of at sundown, citoyen," replied Desgas, "but was then making west, towards Cap Gris Nez."
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His attempt came 136 years after British merchant navy captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the Channel, doing the breaststroke from Dover to Cap Gris Nez in 21 hours, 45 minutes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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