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Soren stood abashed, and even the little gracious lady looked down a little; but then he said, quite short and pretty, "My father lets me do it!" "Craw-craw! away-away from here!" cried the great black birds, and they flew away; but on the following day they came back, for they were at home here.

"He is right he is right," exclaimed Taffril; "you must not attempt to get on the high-road get into the wood till night. My brig will be under sail by that time, and at three in the morning, when the tide will serve, I shall have the boat waiting for you at the Mussel-crag. Away-away, for Heaven's sake!" "O yes! fly, fly!" repeated the wounded man, his words faltering with convulsive sobs.

"He is right he is right," exclaimed Taffril; "you must not attempt to get on the high-road get into the wood till night. My brig will be under sail by that time, and at three in the morning, when the tide will serve, I shall have the boat waiting for you at the Mussel-crag. Away-away, for Heaven's sake!" "O yes! fly, fly!" repeated the wounded man, his words faltering with convulsive sobs.

Beyond the boat he fled and away-away; he was afraid to remain. Burney, with expanded chest, watched his late co-plotter disappear. Then he, too, departed, setting his face in the direction of the Bronx. In his wake was a rank and pernicious trail of noisome smoke that brought peace to his heart and drove the birds from the roadside into the deepest thickets.