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"Wal, if you'll jest sot down an' make y'urself easy for 'bout three hours, 'til we puts the finishin' touches on this here dam, I shouldn't be none s'prised if we was able tew show you somethin' of a discovery ourselves," and Ham pointed to the now nearly completed dam.
He walked round the deck to see that everything was snug and ship-shape, and got back to the mate just as a howl of surprising weirdness was heard proceeding from the neighbouring stairs. "I'm s'prised at Berrow allowing his men to make that noise," said the skipper waggishly. "Our chaps are there too, I think. I can hear Sam's voice." "So can I," said the mate, with emphasis.
Aw, I think you might! What's going to happen that's so nice, Friday?" "Wait till Friday and see," laughed the Mistress. "Shucks!" he snorted. "You might tell me, now. I don't want to wait and get s'prised. I want to know, NOW. Tell me!" Under her tolerant smile, the youngster's voice scaled to an impatient whine. He was beginning to grow red. "Let it go at that!" ordained the Master.
"I kin but grieve ter hear how my nevy Lee-yander hev 'prospered, ez ye call it, an' I be s'prised ye should gin it such a name. Oh-h-h, Sister Sudley!" in prolonged and dreary vocative, "I 'lowed ye war a godly woman. I knowed yer name 'mongst the church-goers an' the church-members."
"Yes," whispered Polly, "but don't you tell her yet till you get it done, Phronsie." "I won't," said Phronsie in the loudest of tones but putting her mouth close to Polly's ear. "And then she'll be so s'prised, Polly! won't she?" Just then came Jasper's voice at the door. "Can I come in?" "Oh, do, Jappy," cried Polly, rushing along with Phronsie in her arms to open the door.
Howsomever when ye sees eyes like them that was smilin' at old Josey last night, why it's jest a wonderful thing; and it don't make me s'prised no more at the Penny Poltry-books wot's got such a lot about blue eyes in 'em. Blue's the colour there's no doubt about it; there ain't no eye to beat a blue one!" Walden heard all this disjointed talk with a certain impatience.
The young man rose, holding out a hand. "I'm glad to meet you, sir. I shall be back in a minute. I'll bring him right up." His step rang quick on the rock outside. The two old men looked at each other. Uncle William's face wore its roundest smile. "I wouldn't be s'prised if he stayed quite a spell." He brought a chair and planted it in front of the stranger. "Set down."
I isn't afeared, says he, 'and she isn't afeared; an' now I 'low we'll have you marry us. "Up jumps the skipper; but he was too much s'prised t' say a word. "'An' I'm thinkin', says the cook, with a nasty little wink, 'that they isn't a man in this here fo'c's'le, says he, 'will say I'm afeared. "'Cook, says the skipper, takin' the cook's hand, 'shake!
"Maybe he's gone home and left us," said Sue. "He couldn't not without a boat," objected Bunny. "We'll have to sail over to camp and get daddy or Uncle Tad to row back for him." "Yes, let's sail to our camp," agreed Sue. "Won't they be s'prised to see us come up this way with an umbrella?" "I guess they will," said Bunny. The wind blew stronger.
"Teddy " "She is. Because her son is in Fwance." After that when he went down to get things for Muffin and Polly Ann, he said how s'prised he was and how nice it was now that he knew, and wasn't she pr-roud? And he fancied that Hodgson was kinder and softer. She told him the name of her son.
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