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As he spoke, he saw another boat round the distant grass-point and put into Jerunda cut, the entrance to the main pond. The smile left his face. "Beat us to it, Moll," he sighed to the spaniel whose brown eyes had also glimpsed the skiff. "They'll be set by the time we get in an' they've got the pick of the ponds, no use denyin' that. We'll have to portage 'cross to a back slough an' all the ducks we'll get a chance at are them they miss. Well, cheer up," as the dog, sensing the disgust in his voice, growled deep in her throat.,Croaker shooked his head and hopped to the ground. He had grown tired of having Billy put that question to him. With many throaty and indignant mutterings he pigeontoed across the yard, not even deigning to glance back at the laughing man and boy.,"Oh, I have no taste for acting. I have no ambition to be an actress. This effort was forced upon me. How was I to disgust him, sir?","So I did," she exclaimed. "You stay right here an' I'll go back and take it out now.","Why, teacher, it's jest as bright as ever," cried the boy. "It fair seems to laugh as it swings 'round an' jumps down the bay like a long, white arm.",With a bound, Billy was beside him, and peering through the rushes into the tiny bay in which they kept their boat.,Maurice nodded, his face grave.,"I've been waitin' for you and now I'm goin' to lick you," he said.,"What did she say to you?","Ay, father had a very fine voice, to be sure," said Captain Acton, "and so has Mr Lawrence.",Landon put on his hat and went down to the beach to welcome their visitor. "Well, Billy," he called as the punt appeared around the bend in the shore, "how many ducks did old Liza-Ann drop out of the sky this mornin'?",Lou knit her brows in thought. "No," she disagreed, "if you had been that frightened you would not have come to the grove at all.".