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“Gentlemen, I must ask you to close your eyes, and keep them closed, on honor, until I ask you to open them again. You won’t have to keep your eyes closed more than sixty seconds before the camelroorelephant will be ready for inspection. Now, eyes closed, please.” Lingering only long enough to make sure that his request had been met, the cadet stole noiselessly away.
"Gentlemen, I must ask you to close your eyes, and keep them closed, on honor, until I ask you to open them again. You won't have to keep your eyes closed more than sixty seconds before the camelroorelephant will be ready for inspection. Now, eyes closed, please." Lingering only long enough to make sure that his request had been met, the cadet stole noiselessly away.
“Good evening,” Jack smiled. "You have come to see the camelroorelephant, SIR?" “We’ve been told that we might have that pleasure,” Jack responded, still smiling. “Perhaps you may,” retorted Cadet Merriam, “though, first of all, it will be necessary to prove yourselves worthy of the privilege, SIR.” “Anything within our power,” promised Jack.
"Never," Jack confessed. "Then I take it you have never, sir, seen the camelroorelephant?" "The cam " began Eph Somers. Then he stopped, clapping both hands to his right jaw. "Won't you please hand that to us in pieces?" begged Eph, speaking as though with difficulty. The cadet laughed heartily, then added: "Don't try to pronounce it, gentlemen, until you've seen the camelroorelephant.
“Never,” Jack confessed. “Then I take it you have never, sir, seen the camelroorelephant?” “The cam—” began Eph Somers. Then he stopped, clapping both hands to his right jaw. “Won’t you please hand that to us in pieces?” begged Eph, speaking as though with difficulty. The cadet laughed heartily, then added: “Don’t try to pronounce it, gentlemen, until you’ve seen the camelroorelephant.
It was Cadet Merriam who stepped straight up to Jack, giving him a grotesque and exaggerated salute, as he rumbled out: "Good evening, SIR!" Like a flash Jack Benson comprehended. These cadets intended fully to even up matters for having been obliged to say "sir" to these very youthful "civilian instructors." "Good evening," Jack smiled. "You have come to see the camelroorelephant, SIR?"
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