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However , I hope I shall see him before the magistrates sit . What time do they meet ? '' `` They generally sit at eleven o'clock ; but it ai n't their day , and they will have to be summoned special . I should not wonder if they do n't meet till two o'clock ; because they could not be sure what time the _ Boxer _ will get round , and , as he will have taken some prisoners in the lugger , they would not begin until he arrived . '' `` Very well ; I will go round to the court-house after breakfast , and inquire what time the sitting will be . Anyhow , I hope to be able to see the lieutenant before they meet . I do n't know that any good can come of it ; for , as he had nothing to do with Julian 's capture , he certainly would not be able to save him from appearing , especially after that row with Faulkner . ''