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And to this the barge-master replied that he already was under orders to bring the prisoners, immediately upon their landing, before the Priest Captain -- and there was something both curious and ominous, it struck me, in the marked manner in which the term

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Antonio, knowing the value of the word in season that is dropped to fructify in soil ready for it, did not attempt argument with the barge-master -- by which the thoughts of those who listened would have been diverted from the hopeful promise of a better faith that he had offered to them -- but obeyed the order meekly and so held his peace.

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Across this entrance the guard was drawn up in orderly ranks behind us; and then the barge-master, who had preserved absolute silence towards us since our march through the city began, held aside the curtain and silently motioned to us to enter.

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Then he called the barge-master to him, and gave some order in a low voice; and then, accompanied by the priest, went out rapidly from the hall.

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And we who were nearest to it got our arms in readiness -- for we were convinced that in another minute the barge-master would lay us aboard.

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We were no more than fairly landed, indeed, when an officer addressed the barge-master, who continued in charge of our party, and gave him a formal order to bring the strangers directly before the Council of the

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The later correspondence makes known the fact of the precious freight having been consigned to the firm of Anselmi di Briata by way of the Po, and that it was entrusted to the care and charge of a barge-master named

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Imagine the paints and brushes, the pencils and palettes, the easel and the sketches of Raffaele having been given over to a Po barge-master, and that chance had divulged his name.

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The barge-master gave the order to the guard to follow us, as though the command of the party now had devolved upon him; and it seemed to us, from the close group that the guard made around us in the boat, and from the anxious looks which the barge-master cast upon us, that very strict orders must have been given concerning keeping us closely in ward.

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Priest Captain; the man of whom I have spoken, for what his real title was I do not know, as the barge-master.

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