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The poop was deserted, save for two helmsmen in streaming oilskins under the half-shelter of the open wheel-house.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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Trotting around the wheel-house to the shady lee-side of it, he came upon his fate; for be it known that Captain Duncan possessed on board in addition to two fox-terriers, a big Persian cat, and that cat possessed a litter of kittens.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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I saw Mr. Mellaire beginning his four hours 'watch, pacing up and down the port side of the poop; and I slipped away aft, past the man at the wheel, whom I did not recognize, and took refuge in the lee of the wheel-house.
CHAPTER X 2010
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I finally persuaded Mr. Pike, and he went behind the wheel-house so that none of the crew might see how poor a shot he was.
CHAPTER XXIII 2010
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I leaned against the rail in the lee of the wheel-house, and stared up at the lofty spars and myriad ropes that I could guess were there.
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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An inch or two of water had been sloshing from one side of the wheel-house to the other for at least ten minutes.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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An inch or two of water had been sloshing from one side of the wheel-house to the other for at least ten minutes.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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It was broken only by the half-round and half-covered wheel-house at the very stern and by the chart-house.
CHAPTER VI 2010
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An inch or two of water had been sloshing from one side of the wheel-house to the other for at least ten minutes.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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An inch or two of water had been sloshing from one side of the wheel-house to the other for at least ten minutes.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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