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Chapter 12

           Theyhadtacked,andtheyweresailingswiftly,buoyantlyonlongrockingwaveswhichhandedthemonfromonetoanotherwithanextraordinaryliltandexhilarationbesidethereef.Ontheleftarowofrocksshowedbrownthroughthewaterwhichthinnedandbecamegreenerandonone,ahigherrock,awaveincessantlybrokeandspurtedalittlecolumnofdropswhichfelldowninashower.Onecouldheartheslapofthewaterandthepatteroffallingdropsandakindofhushingandhissingsoundfromthewavesrollingandgambollingandslappingtherocksasiftheywerewildcreatureswhowereperfectlyfreeandtossedandtumbledandsportedlikethisforever.

           NowtheycouldseetwomenontheLighthouse,watchingthemandmakingreadytomeetthem.

           Mr.Ramsaybuttonedhiscoat,andturneduphistrousers.Hetookthelarge,badlypacked,brownpaperparcelwhichNancyhadgotreadyandsatwithitonhisknee.Thusincompletereadinesstolandhesatlookingbackattheisland.Withhislong-sightedeyesperhapshecouldseethedwindledleaf-likeshapestandingonendonaplateofgoldquiteclearly.Whatcouldhesee?Camwondered.Itwasallablurtoher.Whatwashethinkingnow?shewondered.Whatwasithesought,sofixedly,sointently,sosilently?Theywatchedhim,bothofthem,sittingbareheadedwithhisparcelonhiskneestaringandstaringatthefrailblueshapewhichseemedlikethevapourofsomethingthathadburntitselfaway.Whatdoyouwant?theybothwantedtoask.Theybothwantedtosay,Askusanythingandwewillgiveityou

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