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UNDER •T$£E SEA. 299
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"be made to re-ascend . So we would , we said , if she really wished it should , and come down be able again to endure without the her anxiet . 3 _STo , about that would _ustve not also do must , she
never the further adventure . There was y a dilemma , ! Could renounce brother "we bring harder ourselve -hearted s to g than ive it I up said when absolutel so far y , no achieve ;—I , d who ? Her sat
behind sist of it on presentl any her , thing , encouraged y : that but I distressed mu statement and st temporised confess her , that , was it , was sure promised could with she not would in we w would ard think return rej not better oicin till in g -
we I heard had arrived Captain at John the ' s level at which we he had given now orders above when that our we course once should got there be , stayed and she . found I felt prett no harm y well had convinced come of that it ,
proved she was , and not confidentl very likely soon to be she as contented was of threading us . with these doing formidable no more . looking So it - as y any
passages In a little while our course was stopped by a small quarry at our feet . Its floor and sides were rough with protruding bits masses ' k
of earth and stoneand it was entered from above y ownrocy footing and scramble the hel , p Cap of tain a little John perpendicularl however _^ as y p in laced the ladder _" pitch , not , "
an as easy he told us it . was called , too , quickly , for us to see how he manage of d its it recesses , and by the We li were ght on expecte his d hat to remain -we could above diml while y discern he ,
as some lanternallowed . us to see it as much as we could , and told us of what we , could not . _" But why can't we come down ? " I obtainit
j difficult ected . Visitors and dirty did , and not we in should general see , very said well the where cap we — were of was the in
part don a minute ' y t . " exclaime " . Oh But , I d am Miss the coming B anxious , " ' s he brother sister said . , , making a " young I wouldn read sailor ' t , . sir , " was , Oh " said , don the 'tj
. cap alread tain , , " it the ' s roug ladder hish — getting " All ri down htI ' . m " used But the to companion sub-lieutenant -ladders was ,
ladders I can y easil " on I declared y get down " and . " if " you And g can , so get am do I wn used , so can to companion I . " " Oh - ,
no" remonstrated , Miss , B again , " what should you do it for ? but There , as there is no had necessity been no for necessit it . " The for argument our going was down true the enoug mine h at , y
4 all t if , it the lost others its efficacy can go . there " Well , I then suppose , " she I answered can , and clambere me I'll positivel go d down too y . " ,
p exertion And laces there quite was "Are as no abrup reason all t she in coming the should ? upper " not asked ; world she the had , cap and tain enjoyed from the the
possib pitch . le " . To to go be . " sure you " , W " . I ell answered done ! " , he " we agreed are , all and going held wherever out , a help it ing is
hand Miss . B was standing foremost in the way , and therefore had
Under •T$£E Sea. 299
UNDER T _$£ E SEA . 299
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 299, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/11/
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