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"But there's nothing to prevent one swimming over," I put in briskly, for somehow a sense of uneasiness that was not pleasant had woven itself into the talk and pauses. "A deer, for instance, might easily land in the night and take a look round—" "Or a bear!" gasped the Bo'sun's Mate, with a look so portentous that we all welcomed the laugh. BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO PREVENT ONE SWIMMING OVER I PUT IN BRISKLY FOR SOMEHOW A SENSE OF UNEASINESS THAT WAS NOT PLEASANT HAD WOVEN ITSELF INTO THE TALK AND PAUSES A DEER FOR INSTANCE MIGHT EASILY LAND IN THE NIGHT AND TAKE A LOOK ROUND OR A BEAR GASPED THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE WITH A LOOK SO PORTENTOUS THAT WE ALL WELCOMED THE LAUGH
gh 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. 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. "There's not an animal of any size on the whole island," added Sangree with a puzzled expression. He never took his eyes from her face. OUS 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 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 THERE'S NOT AN ANIMAL OF ANY SIZE ON THE WHOLE ISLAND ADDED SANGREE WITH A PUZZLED EXPRESSION HE NEVER TOOK HIS EYES FROM HER FACE
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