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"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.","Plenty of news, madam," answered the Admiral, "but most of the reports are lies born of fear. The French never can get a footing upon this land.","Yes, sir," answered Pledge.,Mr Lawrence exclaimed: "Oh, it's you! What do you want?",Something else was to happen shortly to make Billy feel that his world was full of mysterious agents sent for no other purpose than to give him fresh worries.,He stood considering. "We'll just keep what we know to ourselves till we're quite sure," he said at length. "What d'ye say?","What did you find there?" Billy's tone of impatience brought the old man out of his musing.,"Yep, we could do that, I s'pose," said Billy, "only—" He frowned and shook his head. "I guess we best not ask either of 'em, Ma. Maurice might hear of it, an' wonder why he wa'n't asked too. He's awful funny that way, you know.","May I have a word with you, sir?" he exclaimed in a coarse, hoarse, broken voice.,"Oh, say no more, sir, about that. I am pleased with the idea of a Naval officer being in charge of my ship.","Dug it up to fool Fatty Watland with. Was goin' to tell him it was a ground-nut. I've had it in fer him ever since he shoved me off the bridge into the creek.","There's your jug on its side," Billy touched the jug with his foot. "You must've drunk it empty, Harry.".