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`` How the devil should I know ? '' snapped the other . `` I left 'em on the beach while I went for a swim , and when I comeback they 'd gone . I 've been sittin ' on that damned cold shingle since three o'clock this arternoon , and not a soul come near me ! It 's the first time I 've been lookin ' for Cap’n Gething , and it 'll be the last . '' `` Oh , you 've been at it , ' ave yer ! '' said Henry .