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And I 'll be sure that there are no double boats lying around loose . I 'll have two at the dock , see ? '' `` I see your system , '' I replied , `` but I am not sure how I can explain Miss Frayne to Silvia . Silvia is not in the least narrow-minded , but still to leave the hotel at midnight with a perfectly strange young woman -- '' `` You can tell her I want a clear field for Beth . She will see it is in a good cause . '' The Polydores greeted us rapturously and roughly . When I had restored order , and they were once more right side up , I addressed the chief of the bandits .