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`` I vas agreeable , '' said the German with alacrity , rising from his seat and accepting the peace-offering . He nodded to Burrowes and tossed it off . ***** By lunch-time Mr. Morcombe-Lycett had been brought ashore and had accepted Mr. Deighton 's invitation to remain for the night He was a well-dressed , good-looking man of about thirty-five , and was , so Mr. Deighton sympathisingly announced to his wife , suffering from a touch of malarial fever , which a little quinine and nursing would soon put right Mr. Deighton himself , by the way , was suffering from the same complaint . At noon , as Charlie Blount was walking past Burrowes ' house , he was surprised to see that the German was still there . He was about to pass on -- for although on fairly friendly terms with the two men , he did not care for either of them sufficiently well to enter their houses often , although they did his -- when the American came to the door and asked him to come in and take a nip . `` Are you going to board the schooner ? '' asked Burrowes , as Blount came in and sat down .