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Updated: June 16, 2025
The Curlytops were hungry enough to eat without having to be told to, and Hop Sing, looking into the dining-room now and then from where he was busy in the kitchen, smiled and nodded his head as he said to the maid. "Lil' chillens eat velly good!" "Indeed they do eat very good," said the maid, as she carried in more of the food which Hop Sing knew so well how to cook.
Not velly wet now. Captain velly closs Ching tumb' overboard?" "No, he hasn't said anything." "Ching velly glad. You go tell captain something?" "What about?" I said. "Ching get lettee flom fliend." "That's right," I said. "How is he?" "Velly glad you catchee pilate." "Oh, he is, is he?" "Yes, velly muchee glad, and send lettee." "Yes, you said so." "Allee 'bout pilates."
"Allee done," said Ching. "Execution man have velly much plactice." He said this to me, but I made no reply, for the whole place seemed to be going round and round. "You thinkee they all come back again and have junk? Go kill shoot evelybody, pilate ghost-man?" "No," I said hoarsely; "can we go now?" "Velly soon. Gleat clowd all along gate. Lookee, Mis' Tanner go s'eep."
Take the tiller, Mr Herrick," he said, and he went forward. "Going blow wind velly high. Gleat wave and knock houses down," said Ching uneasily. "Yes, my lad; we're going to have what the Jay-pans calls a tycoon." "No, no, Tom Jecks," I said, smiling. "You may laugh, sir, but that's so. I've sailed in these here waters afore and been in one.
"My dee mamma velly sick." "Yes, I know; but where's my mamma? Did she come with you in the cars?" Katie shook her head again. "Who did come with you, then? You didn't come alone?" "No, there was folks." By this time Dotty had sprung out of bed, and was rushing out of the room to learn whether her mother had come. Mrs. Parlin met her at the door.
This time the children really did get to sleep, and when they awoke the carriage was quite light, and Dick, looking out through the little window at the side of his berth, could see that they were traveling through some very delightful country. "Wake up! Wake up, Marjorie," he cried, "it's morning." "I'm velly hungry," announced Fidge, sitting up and rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Oh, I don't know," growled Barkins, who had the deepest voice of the three. "It was startling. Did they mean mischief?" "Mean chop chop. Allee bad wick' men. No catchee now. Ching velly much flighten."
"Where did you learn English?" I exclaimed, more and more astonished. "I is servant one time at British Lesident's at de Maharajah's city. Pick up English dere. Also pick up plenty lupee. Velly good business at British Lesident's. Now gone back home to my own village, letired gentleman." And he drew himself up with conscious dignity. I surveyed the retired gentleman from head to foot.
Charlie took a buckskin bag from his blouse and counted out a handful of silver and gold. "I buy um nisi two-piecee tobacco." "Look here," said Wilbur deliberately; "don't you try to flim-flam us, Charlie. We know you too well. You don't want bacon and you don't want tobacco." "China boy heap plenty much sick. Two boy velly sick. I tink um die pretty soon to-molla.
"I didn't say it was!" snapped Kerry, glaring fiercely at the embarrassed constable. "I said you would sometimes meet him here." "Yes, sometimes." "Sometimes. Right. Did you ever come in here?" The constable ventured a swift glance at the savage red face, and: "Yes, sir, now and then," he confessed. "Just for a warm on a cold night, maybe." "Allee velly welcome," murmured Sin Sin Wa.
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