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"Let us go to Grande Terre to-morrow?" said Robert in a low voice

"What shall we do there?"

"Cliling gold

snakes, and watch the lizards sun theht she would like to be

alone there with Robert, in the sun, listening to the ocean's roar and

watching the sli the ruins of the old

fort

"And the next day or the next we can sail to the Bayou Brulow," he went

on

"What shall we do there?"

"Anything--cast bait for fish"

"No; we'll go back to Grande Terre Let the fish alone"

"We'll go wherever you like," he said "I'll have Tonie come over and

help me patch and trim my boat We shall not need Beaudelet nor any one

Are you afraid of the pirogue?"