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Seagrave slept, and having propped the muskets up against the side of the tent, he went with William to get his knife and some stretchers of wood to open the pig with.
"Mr Seagrave," said he, "we shall have, in my opinion, no attack this night, but to-morrow we must expect something very serious; the savages are cutting down the trees, and making large faggots; they do not get on very fast, because their hatchets are made of stone and don't cut very well, but perseverance and numbers will effect everything, and I dare say that they will work all night till they have obtained as many faggots as they want."
Mr Seagrave and Ready then continued their way along the beach, until they arrived at the point which the latter had considered as a convenient place to make the garden. They found a sufficiency of mould; and as the point was narrow at its joining on to the mainland, no great length of enclosure would be required.
Seagrave proposed that he should leave off his history for the present. "Thank you, sir, it will be better; for I feel my old eyes dim with tears, even now. It's a dreadful thing in after-life to reflect upon, that your foolish conduct has hastened the death of a most kind mother; but so it was, William, and I give you the truth for your advantage."
"How do you mean?" "I mean that, two days afterwards, as we were rounding the Cape, another French vessel bore down upon us, and captured us. "How very unfortunate you were, Ready!" said Mrs. Seagrave. "Yes, madam, we were, and I can't say much in favour of a Dutch prison. However, I was very young at that time, and did not care much I had a light heart."
Juno, Mrs. Seagrave, and the little girl were at last carried away and taken into the other tent: fortunately no one was hurt, although the frightened children could not be pacified, and joined in chorus with Tommy.
Mr Seagrave and Ready cut down the trees and slung them to the axle, and Juno and William dragged them to the spot where the house was to be built. They were not sorry when dinner was ready, for it was very hard work. That night, tired as they were, Ready and William went out, and turned eight more turtle.
"I fear, Ready," said Mr Seagrave, "that you have no good news for us." "No, sir; nor can you expect any good news until after the gale is over. The vessel could not remain here during the gale that is certain; and there is no saying what the effects of the gale may be.
I will go and see." "I see him oh, mercy! I see him," said Juno, pointing with her finger; "he in the boat, and boat go to sea!" It was but too true: there was Tommy in the boat, and the boat had drifted from the beach, and was now a cable's length away from it, among the breakers. William ran off like the wind, followed close by Mr. Seagrave and Ready, and at a distance by Mrs.
This was very spacious, and, of course, quite dry, and contained all they wished to put in. Ready also took care, by degrees, to fill the large water-butt full of water, and had fixed into the bottom a spigot for drawing the water off. "Well, Mr. Seagrave," said Ready on the Saturday, "we have done a good many hard weeks' work lately, but this is the last of them.
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