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Dinner at five , to bed at eight , up before daylight , and off to Dublin when the light breaks . That 's the course ! '' He turned to Captain Ivy . `` I 'm sorry , captain , but there 's naught else to do , and you were going to-morrow at noon , anyhow , so it wo n't make much difference to you . '' `` No difference whatever , '' replied the sailorman . `` I have to go to Dublin , too , and from there to Queenstown to join my ship , and from Queenstown to the coast of France to do some fighting . '' `` Please God ! ''