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Certainly , you can have your leave . I will draw it out this moment , and take it over to the commandant , who will , I am sure , countersign it at once . Which way do you think of going ? '' `` I think I will go by the coach , that comes along here at twelve o'clock , to Dover ; that is , if I see in the paper that there is any hoy sailing for the west this evening or to-morrow . The wind is in the east , and , with luck , I should get down there sooner than by going up to town and taking the coach . '' `` Here is the list of sailings , '' the major said , taking up a broad-sheet from a side table . `` Yes , the hoy _ Keepsake _ will sail , weather permitting , from Dover this evening for Plymouth , touching at Southampton and Weymouth .