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They, too, understood that she was in earnest, and had been struck by the serious note in her voice. "Rubbish, Joan! You are always dreaming something or other wild," her father said a little impatiently. THEY TOO UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE WAS IN EARNEST AND HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE SERIOUS NOTE IN HER VOICE RUBBISH JOAN YOU'RE ALWAYS DREAMING SOMETHING RATHER WILD HER FATHER SAID A LITTLE IMPATIENTLY
ause, made a truly novel announcement: "In the night I heard the howling of a dog," she said, and then flushed up to the roots of her hair when we burst out laughing. For the idea of there being a dog on this forsaken island that was only able to support a snake and two toads was distinctly ludicrous, and I remember Maloney, half-way through his burnt porridge, capping the announcement by declaring that he had heard a "Baltic turtle" in the lagoon, and his wife's expression of frantic alarm before the laughter undeceived her. But the next morning Joan repeated the story with additional and convincing detail. "Sounds of whining and growling woke me," she said, "and I distinctly heard sniffing under my tent, and the scratching of paws." "Oh, Timothy! Can it be a porcupine?" exclaimed the Bo'sun's Mate with distress, forgetting that Sweden was not Canada. But the girl's voice had sounded to me in quite another key, and looking up I saw that her father and Sangree were staring at her hard. G JOAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITTLE PAUSE MADE A TRULY NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NIGHT I HEARD THE HOWLING OF A DOG SHE SAID AND THEN FLUSHED UP TO THE ROOTS OF HER HAIR AS WE BURST OUT LAUGHING FOR THE IDEA OF THERE BEING A DOG ON THIS FORSAKEN ISLAND THAT WAS ONLY ABLE TO SUPPORT A SNAKE AND TWO TOADS WAS DISTINCTLY LUDICROUS AND I REMEMBER MALONEY HALF WAY THROUGH HIS BURNT PORRIDGE CAPPING THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY DECLARING THAT HE HAD HEARD A BALTIC TURTLE IN THE LAGOON AND HIS WIFE'S EXPRESSION OF FRANTIC ALARM BEFORE THE LAUGHTER UNDECEIVED HER BUT THE NEXT MORNING JOAN REPEATED THE STORY WITH ADDITIONAL AND CONVINCING DETAIL SOUNDS OF WHINING AND GROWLING WOKE ME SHE SAID AND I DISTINCTLY HEARD SNIFFING UNDER MY TENT AND THE SCRATCHING OF PAWS OH TIMOTHY CAN IT BE A PORCUPINE EXCLAIMED THE BO'SUN'S MATE WITH DISTRESS FORGETTING THAT SWEDEN WAS NOT CANADA BUT THE GIRL'S VOICE HAD SOUNDED TO ME IN QUITE ANOTHER KEY AND LOOKING UP I SAW THAT HER FATHER AND SANGREE WERE STARING AT HER HARD
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