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Chapter 4

           Therethebreezewasfreshandcold;buthereitwasdelightfullymild,andwhenapuffblewoffthelanditcameladenwiththemostexquisiteperfumethatcanbeimagined.Whilewethusgazedwewerestartledbyaloud"Huzza!"fromPeterkin,andonlookingtowardstheedgeoftheseawesawhimcaperingandjumpingaboutlikeamonkey,andeverandanontuggingwithallhismightatsomethingthatlayupontheshore.

           "Whatanoddfellowheis,tobesure!"saidJack,takingmebythearmandhurryingforward."Come,letushastentoseewhatitis."

           "Hereitis,boyshurrah!Comealong!Justwhatwewant!"criedPeterkinaswedrewnear,stilltuggingwithallhispower."First-rate;justtheveryticket!"

           IneedscarcelysaytomyreadersthatmycompanionPeterkinwasinthehabitofusingveryremarkableandpeculiarphrases.AndIamfreetoconfessthatIdidnotwellunderstandthemeaningofsomeofthemsuch,forinstance,as"theveryticket;"butIthinkitmydutytorecounteverythingrelatingtomyadventureswithastrictregardtotruthfulnessinasfarasmymemoryservesme,soIwrite,asnearlyaspossible,theexactwordsthatmycompanionsspoke.IoftenaskedPeterkintoexplainwhathemeantby"ticket,"buthealwaysansweredmebygoingintofitsoflaughter.However,byobservingtheoccasionsonwhichheusedit,Icametounderstandthatitmeanttoshowthatsomethingwasremarkablygoodorfortunate.

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