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But, sitting down on the floor to leeward, and holding a mug in one hand and a biscuit in the other, they managed, with some difficulty, to dispose of the meal. Then Fairclough, putting on some dry clothes, threw himself on his bunk. The midshipman retired to his own cabin, and Harry went on deck. "How are we heading, Mr. Hardy?" he shouted, when he joined the lieutenant.
This was decorated with flowers and flags and manned by twenty rowers who, as soon as Harry and his two companions took their seats in it, rowed off to the brig. "Welcome back, Lindsay!" Fairclough shouted, as the canoe approached; "we could hardly believe our eyes, when we saw you come down to the canoe. We have been in a terrible fright about you.
He looked at his watch, and called out, "four bells." One of the men made his way to the bell, with alacrity. The watch below did not come up, for a few minutes, as they waited to drink their coffee. As soon as they appeared, the men on deck went below. "All the better for your sleep, Mr. Hardy?" Fairclough asked, as the other joined him. "Very much better, sir.
During the day, several of the natives were observed at the edge of the forest by Harry who, having no special work to do, had been asked by Fairclough to keep his eye on the shore, and to ascertain whether they were being watched; as he intended, when the repairs were finished, to see if any spring of fresh water existed in the neighbourhood.
I recognised you both quite easily, you see, from your descriptions." "From our descriptions?" Philippa repeated. The newcomer bowed. "The descriptions, glowing, indeed, but by no means exaggerated, of your brother Richard, Lady Cranston, and your fiancé, Miss Fairclough." "Richard?" Philippa almost shrieked. "You have seen Dick?" Helen gasped.
"Thank you very much, Miss Fairclough," the man replied; "we had tea some time ago at Watson's, where I found Miss Nora." Nora suddenly held up her finger. "Isn't that the car?" she asked. "Why, it must be mummy, here already. Yes, I can hear her voice!" Griffiths, who had moved eagerly towards the window, looked back. "It is Lady Cranston," he announced solemnly.
"Well, I propose to begin with that, when we are down here together, we drop titles; you call me Lindsay, and I will call you Fairclough." "With all my heart," the other said. "What officers have you?" "A junior lieutenant, and two midshipmen. The lieutenant, when I am alone, always messes with me.
Helen Fairclough looked away. There was a slight mist before her eyes. "I had a letter this morning," she replied. "She seems to have heard nothing at all encouraging so far." "And you haven't heard from Major Felstead himself, I suppose?" The girl shook her head. "Not a line," she sighed. "It's two months now since we last had a letter."
"We ought not to be far from it, now, if it is rightly marked on the chart." Another hour passed, and they were within a mile and a half of the shore. "I think that I can see a break, over there, sir," and the midshipman pointed to a spot a mile along the coast. "Pray God that it may be so," Fairclough said, "for it is our only chance."
"Never heard a sound," the younger of the afternoon callers admitted, getting rid of his empty cup and leaning forward in his low chair. "No more tea, thank you, Miss Fairclough. Done splendidly, thanks. No, I went to bed last night soon after eleven the Colonel had been route marching us all off our legs and I never awoke until reveille this morning.
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