"Get moving, and if you don't want to feel Little Richard's lash, you'll stay forward until we reach Rundoon. After that, your sorry hides belong to Zarboff" (Chapter 3, p. 28).

"It's true! Black Stache is mad! He says now the crew will have to catch the Wasp. To get the water" (Chapter 8, p. 73).

"Sir, I don't have much of a life now, and from what I'm told, I'll have even less where I'm going. If there's something wonderful on this ship, I want to know what it is. This is my only chance" (Chapter 14, p. 105).

"Because of the power. The power is too great. There's too much danger that it can be used for evil" (Chapter 20, p. 158).

"Hold on to each other, lads! There's a dory this way! Hurry!" (Chapter 32, p. 222).

"Can we move this conversation along, old chap? I'm getting frightfully tired of 'How'" (Chapter 40, p. 263).

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