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"De gentleman may rely on my showing his relation all de attention in my power," replied Van Galgebrok, bowing profoundly to the knight; "but if any unforseen accident -- such as a slip overboard -- should befal de jonker on de voyage, he mushn't lay de fault entirely on my shoulders -- haw! haw!"
Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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But about dat jonker, "he continued, lowering his voice;
Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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