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A Middy of the King, by Harry Collingwood
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Title: A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
Author: Harry Collingwood
Illustrator: Edward S. Hodgson
Release Date: February 14, 2008 [EBook #24615]
Language: English
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A Middy of the King
CHAPTER ONE.
H.M.S. EUROPA.
I had just dismounted before the rather imposing main entrance to Delamere Hall, situate close to the west Dorset coast, and had handed over my horse to Tom Biddlecome, the groom who had accompanied me in my before-breakfast ride down to the beach for my morning dip, when my father appeared in the portico.
"Good morning, Dick," he greeted me. "I suppose you have been for your swim, as usual. How did you find the water?"
"Grand, sir," I replied; "just the right temperature to put new life into one. Another week, at this rate, ought to see me as well as ever I was."
"Well, your present appearance is scarcely that of an invalid, I must confess," he remarked laughingly. "If you were called upon to submit to a medical examination, I fancy the verdict would be tha