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`` Sign first , '' replied Rycroft . He pushed the paper across to Ogilvie . `` Yes , I shall go to-morrow morning , '' continued Ogilvie . `` The _ Sahara _ sails to-morrow at noon ? '' `` I believe so ; but sign , wo n't you ? '' Ogilvie took up his pen ; he held it suspended as he looked again at his companion . `` I shall take a berth on board at once , '' he said .