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After a time Rodd was attracted towards them, and he strolled up, Joe Cross turning to him at once, to begin questioning him in a low tone. "What does the skipper say, sir?" "He said it was a sloop of war, Joe." "Oh yes, sir, we know that," said the man irritably; "but we've been 'specting him here ever so long. So's our bo'sun. There, look; he's got his pipe in his hand.
"I dived down, though, and only come up once, but dove again so as to come up under the trees; and then I found a place where I could pull myself up. It was precious hard, though. I kep' 'specting one of 'em would pull me back, till I was up yonder; and it arn't safe there." "Why not?" I said. "There's great monkeys yonder, and the biggest snake I ever see, Master Nat."
Our last visit to Aunt Lucy must have been prearranged, for as she admitted us, she said, "I's mighty glad yos done come so soon, 'cos I been 'specting yos, and mus' take yos right in to de General." I had never seen a general, and was shy about meeting one, until after she assured me that only cowards and bad men feared him.
'Sides, she's 'specting to be sent away somewhere; and how dreadfully she must feel! Papa's punishing her very hard, and very long; but of course he knows best, and he loves her." "Yes, I'm sure he does," assented Max: "so he won't give her any more punishment than he thinks she needs.
"Well, why don't you speak, Tom?" said the lad, pettishly. "'Cause I was 'specting yer like, my lad smelling yer over like, so as to think out what to say." "Go on, then; only say something." "So I will, sir, if yer really wants to hear." "Why, of course I do. Does my face show much?" "Well, yes, sir," said the sailor, gravely, as he went on rubbing one side of his nose with the rope.
"No; the trail curves too much, but we can foller it most of the way; they're likely to go right on without 'specting anything, but when they find the horse, it'll set 'em to looking round. After that, the band will begin to play."
Seure, the Queen Victoria or Prince Albert don't be dressing half as fine as the gentlemen and ladies I was seeing act. The Queen! Oh, Mrs Rice Rice, fach! Ma'am, I was disappointed! Just a bonnet no better than my doater-in-law's. What, sir! a crown? Not 'sactly a crown; but I was 'specting to see a queen different from other people. Hush!
The bolt hummed through the air, struck the ditcher's shovels with a clang and splashed into the water. "Missed!" growled White. "Shut up, you Sam. This ain't no voodoo outfit." "Voodoo!" Roger laughed mirthlessly. "That would be the finishing touch." "How come?" said White, puzzled. "Do you happen to know Mr. Garman, White?" "I was 'specting you to ask that, Mr. Payne," was the drawled reply.
There seemed to be people near him, but he could not see them at all distinctly. A faint, wonderful perfume crept to him. "It's very dark, isn't it?" he said, in surprise. "I can smell a beautiful smell, but I can't see it. Why, why! It isn't you, is it? not my mother? Why, I wasn't 'specting to find Oh, I morember it now I morember it all! Then I'm glad it's dark.
Two steps down and one up, and just when you aren't 'specting it." "You'd better go easy," Ken counseled, "until you've had a personally conducted tour. You'll break your neck." "I'm being careful. And I know already about this door. There's a kink in the wall and then a hump in the floor-boards just before you get there. It's an exciting house."
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