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`` He 's one of the old school , '' said Glover . `` Funny sort of school , '' said Tillotson flippantly . `` Well , we must take our chance of him going for a walk , I suppose . '' They reached Stourwich soon after midday , and Glover , keeping a wary look out for Wilson , proceeded slowly to the quay with his friend , leaving the latter to walk down and discover the schooner while he went and hired a first-floor room at the `` Royal Porpoise , '' a little bow-windowed tavern facing the harbor . `` That 's the one , '' said Mr. Tillotson , as he joined his friend upstairs and led him to the window ; `` that little craft there . See that old chap working with the rest ? '' Mr. Glover , who was focussing a pair of cheap field-glasses on to the schooner , gave a little exclamation of surprise .