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John stood looking athim one of the canvasbacks, and he

re, his lunch was better than

his breakfast, and when I saw him take Jimmy's funny little turtle

fro eye, I felt fairly well

convinced that we should not suffer at the dinner hour

But though a certain gaiety now came to others of the party as we sat

about our h the boys

excitedly oing into caerness

There was one other reticent figure at our fireside Helena sat

silent, the head of Partial in her lap I felt resent At last, having nothing better to

do, I picked uponthe boys that I was going alone, perhaps too far for

the some sort of an exploration

of the island

Moody and depressed, not in the least well satisfied with life, even

with matters thus so far more fortunate than we had so recently had

reason to expect, I walked along the hard sand, so in above the fresh-water lagoon,

but in reality thinking but little of these I did not at first hear

the light step which came behind me on the sand