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`` Have n't turned in yet ? '' continued Ben . `` No . '' `` Going to start at midnight , I hear . '' `` Yes . '' `` Some friends of mine wanted to look over the boat ; I suppose I can show them through . '' `` I do n't know ; Captain Lawry can tell you , '' answered Ethan , who did not like Ben , and was not favorably impressed by the appearance of the other men .