"No, Sir Gervaise, there is _no_ mistake; there _can_ be none, unless I may have been deceived a little in the distance. I saw nothing but the sails and spars, not of a single vessel, but of _three_ ships; and one of them wore the flag of a French rear-admiral at the mizzen. As a proof that I was not mistaken, sir, there it is this minute!"

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