Well,
she gone now, thank Heaven! seem to drop in sea and hope she stay
there."
"Jeekie," said Alan, recovering himself, "listen to me; this is all
infernal nonsense; we have gone through a great deal and the nerves of
both of us are overstrained. We think we saw what we did not see, and
if you dare to say a single word of it to your mistress, I'll break your
neck. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Major, think so. All 'fernal nonsense, nerves strained, didn't see
what we see, and say nothing of what did see to Mrs. Major, if either
do say anything, t'other one break his neck. That all right, quite
understand. Anything else, Major?"
"Yes, Jeekie. We have had some wonderful adventures, but they are past
and done with and the less we talk or even think about them the better,
for there is a lot that would be rather difficult to explain, and that
if explained would scarcely be believed."
"Yes, Major, for instance, very difficult explain Mrs. Barbara how Asika
so fond of you if you only tell her, 'Go away, go away!' all the time,
like old saint-gentleman to pretty girl in picture. P'raps she smell
rat."
"Stop your ribald talk," said Alan in a stern voice.
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