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`` I will go back to my hotel now . I will send Bob round in the morning , and you can tell him about it . '' Chapter 4 : Preparations For A Voyage . Bob went round to the barracks at half past nine . `` Uncle says you have a piece of news to tell me , Carrie . '' `` My dear Bob , '' Captain O'Halloran said , `` your uncle is a broth of a boy . He would do credit to Galway ; and if anyone says anything to the contrary , I will have him out tomorrow morning . ''