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"Thank you, sir," said Ned Land, his eyes flaming. "Only," continued the Captain, "I advise you for your own sake not to miss the creature." "Is the dugong dangerous to attack?" I asked, in spite of the Canadian's shrug of the shoulders. "Yes," replied the Captain; "sometimes the animal turns upon its assailants and overturns their boat. But for Master Land this danger is not to be feared.
But Conseil's dexterity and the Canadian's strength surmounted all obstacles. At a height of about 31 feet the nature of the ground changed without becoming more practicable.
Like you, I am willing to live obscure, in the frail hope of bequeathing one day, to future time, the result of my labours. But it is otherwise with Ned Land. Every man, worthy of the name, deserves some consideration. Have you thought that love of liberty, hatred of slavery, can give rise to schemes of revenge in a nature like the Canadian's; that he could think, attempt, and try "
Though very few attain any great perfection in the science, a great many perform well enough to gratify their friends, and contribute to the enjoyment of a social evening. You will find a piano in every weathy Canadian's house, and even in the dwellings of most of the respectable mechanics. I never met with a Canadian girl who could not dance, and dance well.
A slow smile played across the Canadian's face. "Say, Tommy," he said, "what's your name?" "Wakeman, Private Wakeman, No. 79362. Gosh, Canada, but we handled them and they ran." "They certainly did run some," said the Canadian slowly. Then Wakeman poured out his story, a wonderful story, told in jerky sentences, garnished with blasphemies and obscene words.
Best to wait. The three of us returned to the lounge. I'll skip over the Canadian's complaints. He had good grounds for an outburst. I didn't answer him back, letting him blow off all the steam he wanted. We had been left to ourselves for twenty minutes, trying to detect the tiniest noises inside the Nautilus, when Captain Nemo entered. He didn't seem to see us.
"I mean is Dawson as rich as they say it is?" "Um m! I don' know." "Didn't you get in on the strike?" "I hear 'bout 'im, but I'm t'inkin' 'bout oder t'ings." Phillips regarded the speaker curiously. "That's funny. What business are you in?" "My bizness? Jus' livin'." The Canadian's eyes twinkled.
I did not reply to the Canadian's suggestion, but continued watching the ship. Whether English, French, American, or Russian, she would be sure to take us in if we could only reach her.
Drennen's right arm was about George's body, caught against the floor as they fell, Drennen's left hand with thumb sunken deep was already at the Canadian's throat. The snarl upon Drennen's face was the more marked now, more filled with menace and hate as his body experienced the torture of the other's regular blows.
"Fine, Ned," I said, then resurrected one of the Canadian's expressions. "You expect us to fall for that?" "Not too terribly," Ned Land replied, "and no more than if I told you there are whales that are 300 feet long and weigh 1,000,000 pounds." "That's indeed considerable," I said.
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