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"And you have promised not to tell me?" "Oh, no, sir! I don't know that Frank would like it if I should do so, though I can't see what harm it would do." AND YOU HAVE PROMISED NOT TO TELL ME OH NO SIR I DON'T KNOW THAT FRANK WOULD LIKE IT IF I SHOULD DO SO THOUGH I CAN'T SEE WHAT HARM IT WOULD DO
n it up, sir," repeated Charles. "Frank?" "Yes, sir." "He has not mentioned the fact to me." "But he intends to do so." "What is the meaning of all this? I am surprised." "I knew you would be," said Charles evasively. "But why have you given it up?" "Oh! that's a secret." "Is it, indeed? Then, you really are not going?" "No, sir." "I suppose the secret is not to be divulged to me." "No, sir." Captain Sedley was not a little perplexed by what he had heard. The proposed excursion had been the topic of conversation for the last fortnight, and Charles and Frank had both manifested the liveliest interest in it. And now that the whole scheme had been abandoned, the anticipated pleasure voluntarily resigned, was strange and incomprehensible. At first he was disposed to believe some more agreeable plan of spending the day had been devised, and it seemed questionable to him whether the plan which must be kept secret could meet his approbation. "It was Frank's notion, Mr. Sedley," added Charles. I HAVE MADE PREPARATIONS TO TAKE YOU TO BOSTON WE HAVE GIVEN IT UP SIR REPEATED CHARLES FRANK YES SIR HE HAS NOT MENTIONED THE FACT TO ME BUT HE INTENDS TO DO SO WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS I AM SURPRISED I KNEW YOU WOULD BE SAID CHARLES EVASIVELY BUT WHY HAVE YOU GIVEN IT UP OH THAT'S A SECRET IS IT INDEED THEN YOU REALLY ARE NOT GOING NO SIR I SUPPOSE THE SECRET IS NOT TO BE DIVULGED TO ME NO SIR CAPTAIN SEDLEY WAS NOT A LITTLE PERPLEXED BY WHAT HE HAD HEARD THE PROPOSED EXCURSION HAD BEEN THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR THE LAST FORTNIGHT AND CHARLES AND FRANK HAD BOTH MANIFESTED THE LIVELIEST INTEREST IN IT AND NOW THAT THE WHOLE SCHEME HAD BEEN ABANDONED THE ANTICIPATED PLEASURE VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED WAS STRANGE AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE AT FIRST HE WAS DISPOSED TO BELIEVE SOME MORE AGREEABLE PLAN OF SPENDING THE DAY HAD BEEN DEVISED AND IT SEEMED QUESTIONABLE TO HIM WHETHER THE PLAN WHICH MUST BE KEPT SECRET COULD MEET HIS APPROBATION IT WAS FRANK'S NOTION MISTER SEDLEY ADDED CHARLES
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