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Just to show you that I can have adventures , too ! `` Great guns ! '' said Peter . He wondered if he could catch the Nanking express ; there was a Chinese steamer leaving Nanking for up-river to-morrow noon . There was a humble voice at his elbow . A deck-boy was grinning dreamily at him ; a queer flicker darted across his green eyes , vanished . `` Jen ! ''