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The crew must have been below at breakfast, for the decks were deserted except for one man. He wore a blue shirt, and he leaned over the rail, smoking a day pipe. As we passed he spelled out the name on the stern of our boat. He did this in such a loud voice that it was clear he wished us to hear him. "Haitch o double p e r HOPPER g-r-a double s-GRASS. HOPPER- -GRASS!"
She can now spell words with three letters fairly well. This language has such a sweet ring that her spelling is like music. And to see the innocent reverence with which she says g-r-a, gra, it is what a poet might envy me. And then the earnest, enquiring glance she gives me at the end of every line.
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