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'" There was a pause, during which Socrates laughed quietly to himself, while Abeuchapeta and the one sided Morgan wept silently. THERE WAS A PAUSE DURING WHICH SOCRATES LAUGHED QUIETLY TO HIMSELF WHILE ABEUCHAPETA AND THE ONE SIDED MORGAN WEPT SILENTLY
every man of us, leaving the House-boat safely anchored in the harbor. At first we didn’t mind the heat, and we hunted and hunted and hunted; but after three or four hours I began to notice that three of my sailors were shrivelling up, and Conrad began to act as if he were daft. Hawkins burst right before my eyes. Then Abeuchapeta got prismatic around the eyes and began to fade, and I noticed a slight iridescence about myself; and as for Morgan, he had the misfortune to lie down to take a nap in the sun, and when he waked up, his whole right side had evaporated. Then we saw what the trouble was. We’d struck this lava island, and were gradually succumbing to its intense heat. We rushed madly back to the harbor to embark; and our ship, gentlemen, and your House-boat, was slowly but surely disappearing over the horizon, and flying from the flag-staff at the fore were signals of farewell, with an unfeeling P.S. below to this effect: ‘_Don’t wait up for us_. _We may not be back until late_. T BE INHABITED AT LEAST BY GOATS ASHORE WE WENT EVERY MAN OF US LEAVING THE HOUSEBOAT SAFELY ANCHORED IN THE HARBOUR AT FIRST WE DIDN'T MIND THE HEAT AND WE HUNTED AND HUNTED AND HUNTED AFTER THREE OR FOUR HOURS I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THREE OF MY SAILORS WERE TRIFLING UP AND CONRAD BEGAN TO ACT AS IF HE WERE DASHED HAWKINS BURST RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES THEN A BOOK OF PETER GOT SCHISMATIC AROUND THE EYES AND BEGAN TO FADE AND I NOTICED A SLIGHT IRIDESCENCE ABOUT MYSELF AS FOR MORGAN HE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO LIE DOWN AND TAKE A NAP IN THE SUN AND WHEN HE WOKE UP HIS WHOLE RIGHT SIDE EVAPORATED THEN WE SAW WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS WE'D STRUCK THIS LAVA ISLAND AND WERE GRADUALLY SUCCUMBING TO ITS INTENSE HEAT WE RUSHED MADLY BACK TO THE HARBOUR TO EMBARK AND OUR SHIP GENTLEMEN AND YOUR HOUSEBOAT WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY DISAPPEARING OVER THE HORIZON AND FLYING FROM THE FLAGSTAFF AT THE FORE WERE SIGNALS OF FAREWELL WITH AN UNFEELING S TO THIS EFFECT DON'T WAIT UP FOR US WE MAY NOT BE BACK UNTIL LATE
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