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He lie in the stern and Noey try to help him, but the sea was fearful. I couldn't hear him speak. Noey the coon here hear him speak. "'Are you a-dying, old man? I asks. "Noey says he answer that he was." "Yessah, h-h-he done spoke that he w-w-was."
"It was very t-t-thoughtful of you Silas," ses Bill; "but you always w-w-was thoughtful. Good-by " Afore Silas could answer, Mrs. Burtenshaw, who felt more comfortable, 'aving got a bit o' the clothes back, thought it was time to put 'er spoke in. "Lor' bless me, Bill," she ses. "Wotever are you a-talking to yourself like this for? 'Ave you been dreaming?"
"It was very t-t-thoughtful of you Silas," ses Bill; "but you always w-w-was thoughtful. Good-by " Afore Silas could answer, Mrs. Burtenshaw, who felt more comfortable, 'aving got a bit o' the clothes back, thought it was time to put 'er spoke in. "Lor' bless me, Bill," she ses. "Wotever are you a-talking to yourself like this for? 'Ave you been dreaming?"
"It w-w-was N-N-Nor-vell." With the utterance of the word the young engineer was striding rapidly toward the cabin. Through the single unglazed window Beth Norvell saw him coming, and clutched at the casing, trembling violently, half inclined to turn and fly. This was the moment she had so greatly dreaded, yet the moment she could not avoid unless she failed to do her duty to this man.
"Dear me, however did that happen?" she asked. "I w-w-was b-b-b-blown i-i-i-into t-t-t-the air," he replied, smiling sweetly. "How high?" asked the lady, determined to get to the bottom of it, and not at all sure in her own mind he wasn't a conscientious objector masquerading in uniform.
"And you s-s-swallowed everything whole; just as if it had been an oyster. It was very wrong; but oh, it w-w-was so funny!" Montanelli bit his lip and sat down again. He had realized from the first that the Gadfly was trying to make him lose his temper, and had resolved to keep it whatever happened; but he was beginning to find excuses for the Governor's exasperation.
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