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'Now I've found this out, said Paul to himself, 'I shall never be lonely any more. There'll always be summat to think about summat with a relish in it. He must needs, of course, try to get the relish on paper, and he wrote a great deal of boyish stuff in flagrant imitation of Dickens, and hid it, jackdaw-like, in such places as he could find.
The Captain, on his part, reciprocated these friendly advances in the heartiest way, expressing the strongest desire to make the acquaintance of Rover, as well as to take his fellow-travellers out in his yacht for a sail whenever the weather was fine enough; that is, if they promised to behave themselves properly, and always `did what they were told and obeyed orders, Captain Dresser saying, with an expressive wink that made him look more jackdaw-like than ever, that he invariably insisted, even in the presence of their "dear aunt Polly," on being "captain of his own ship."
"He has agreed to make good any damage done, and to pay at the rate of a fare and a half for the privilege of hiding the stone." "Why doesn't he give the thing into your keeping, sir? This jackdaw-like hiding is a sort of reflection on our honesty, isn't it, captain?" He laughed and answered, "No; I like such reflections for my part.
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