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The Demon Yachtsman Archibald Grant Revealed
A narrator recalls Christmas Eve in Monaco with Archibald Grant a lifelong gambler who wins vast sums at roulette then lures the narrator aboard the Garbine a yacht that becomes a pirate vessel. They sail seize bullion and flee to Morocco before Grant’s true identity as a famed piracy mastermind is exposed. The tale ends with Grants haunting return spotted in Nice years later.
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Hermitage
Paris
Metropole
Archibald Grant
Black
la Condamine
Rock
Monaco
Maison de Blanc
Garbine
Villefranche
North Cape
Grant
Havana
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
S. Y. Garbino
Cape Juby
Macclesfield
Swale
Marseilles
Furness
Gorgona
Garbino
Promenades Des Anglais
Nice
Cercle de la Mediterranee