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"A perfect paradise, Bostock," said the doctor, who could hardly tear his eyes from the glorious scene. "It just is, sir," said the old sailor; "makes a man feel quite young again to see it. My word! won't that dear lad enjy hisself as soon as he's well enough to go ashore? I'm reckoning ongoing with him, sir. Won't be to-day, I suppose?"
And p'rhaps that won't be so very difficult, a'ter all, for when I next see my friend Rodriguez that's the cap'n of the Preciosa I'll tell him that yew're out arter him, and maybe he'll lay for yew; for Rodriguez hates the Britishers 'most as bad as I do, and I'm sure he'd enjy blowin' El Caiman outer the water now that she's fallen into yewr hands.
Ef the driver could slow up a bit we-all could enjy the country views better," said Sary. Eleanor giggled and nudged Polly but Polly turned a serious face to her friend. "Nolla, I think the same as Sary I'd rather go slower." "Good gracious, Polly, are you frightened, too?" exclaimed Eleanor.
They'd got all our chaps lashed to stakes set up in a clear, open space in front of the village, and one of the pore unfort'nit fellers was stripped stark naked and bein' tormented by a crowd o' niggers what was puttin' burnin' splinters between his fingers, and stickin' 'em into his flesh, and pourin' red-hot cinders into his mouth, what they'd prised open by thrustin' a thick stick in between his jaws; and the shrieks as that unhappy man was lettin' fly was just awful to listen to; but the savages seemed to enjy 'em, for they just yelled with delight at every shriek.
Brewster, but it seemed so quare to find Old Montresor's Mine hed ben found again, that Ah sez to my pal, here, 'How'd you-all like to run up to the Slide and have a squint at that cave? An' havin' a day off, he reckoned he'd enjy the trip. So here we-all are." "Yes so Ah see! Here you-all are.
The compny presint was three; wiz., the Honrabble A. P. Deuceace, R. Blewitt, and Mr. Dawkins, Exquires. My i, how we genlmn in the kitchin did enjy it. Mr. D's. pils, which 1/2 kild him. But this is all promiscuous: I an't talkin of the survants now, but the masters. Would you bleeve it? After dinner and praps 8 bottles of wine between the 3, the genlm sat down to ecarty.
It's the boat as'll bother us, but you never know what you can do till you try." "No, Bostock, you never do." "That's so, sir. A boat we want, and a boat we'll have. I say, sir, just think of it; won't that there dear lad just enjy having a boat to sail and fish about here in the lagoon, or out yonder across the reef on a calm day?" "Yes, we must get him well, Bostock," said the doctor, smiling.
There was an air of perplexity about his face, which was very visible to those on board, and the perplexity deepened and intensified as his eyes rested on the flag of the "B. O. W. C." "Leave him to me," said Captain Corbet. "Leave that thar young man to me. I enjy havin to do with a revenoo officer jest now; so don't go an put in your oars, but jest leave him to me."
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