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She was unconscious and there was a raw mark on her dear forehead and he thought that she must have hit her head as the dinghy capsized

would do with Brooks and his wife, as

“No, no,” the old woman cried. “My son say vodka for the Russians, not that riff-raff.”

She said the word ‘riff-raff’ in English.

It made the Earl gaze at her in astonishment

Then, as he looked at her and went on looking, his eyes widened.

It could not be possible

“Can it really be you?” the Earl asked.

Then he looked at Orlina as if he could still hardly believe that it was her.

“What on earth did you give them?” he asked.

“Laudanum

The Earl laughed.

They had a bodyguard of the crew to escort them back to The Silver Dragon.