a fellow just what i was about to ask you replied and i was also going to remark that we hadn t seen friend up at the residence no yet i can t help thinking he has something them all the same returned he swore at me by some old infernal place oi dare say he s an too but never i what do you think of her v turned lazily round in the boat so that companion well old fellow if you ask me frankly i think most beautiful woman i ever saw or for that matter of and i am an impartial critic � perfectly impartial and resting on his oar he dipped the blade out of the water watching the bright drops fall with r as they from the polished wood and in the late sunshine like coloured jewels then he curiously at philip who sat silent but whose face was and earnest � even noble with that shade of profound upon it he looked like one who had suddenly in which there was not only pride but tenderness shook himself together as he himself would have and touched his friend s arm half you ve met the king s daughter of after all and his light accents had a touch of sadness in them an of the midnight sun ii on some persons of importance in the ic till now forgotten lied in his cheery sing song c have amused ourselves our dear r that is astonishing we have not e have made mr our l we have him he is gods or for no god � just as we pull wh that amiable religion is and together jove of humour in his the or wine as take a good do e of it � a he sat and fell it would have you of his the pleasant lanes of tiger to send them about him with the � i tell you he was glad and he said it was devilish then another and then i down and he had a up in all his strength drank the whole of it en him afterwards � his head till his a mad cow of the boat and laughed i picture as did the others said z with delighted mischief httle dark eyes the dear religious us he spoke thickly but we could under c was very impressive he is quite of my opinion ai religion is nonsense fable � man is the � woman his creature and subject again � man woman make up divinity necessity law he was quite clear on that point why did he preach what he did not believe we asked he almost wept he replied that the children of this world liked fairy stories and he was paid to tell them it was his bread and butter � would we wish him to have no bread and butter we assured him so cruel a thought had no place in our hearts then he is � yes the good fat man is he would have become a priest but on close examination of the he saw there was no possibility of seeing much less kissing a lady penitent through the grating so he gave up that idea i in his form of faith he can kiss he says � he does kiss � always a holy kiss of course he is so � so delightfully frank � it is quite charming they laughed again sir philip looked somewhat disgusted what an old brute he must be he said somebody ought to kick him � a holy kick of course and therefore more intense and forcible other you i i laughed and well all follow suit hell be like that indian in who rolled himself into a ball no one could resist kicking as long as the ball bounded before them � we shall not be able to resist if s fat person is once left at our mercy that was a grand bit he told us resumed you should have heard him talk about his love affair the soft of a man that he is to be making up to any woman at that moment they ran alongside of the and threw up their oars stop a bit said tell us the rest on board the ladder was lowered they mounted it and their boat was hauled up to its place go on i said throwing himself lazily into a deck and lighting a cigar while the others leaned against the rails and followed his example go on sandy � this is fun s must be amusing i suppose he s after that ugly wooden block of a woman we saw at his house who is so zealous for the true gospel not a bit of it replied sandy with immense gravity the old has better taste he says there s a young running the land of the midnight sun after him fit to break her heart about him � poor thing she must have very little choice of men he hasn t quite made up his mind though he admits she s as fine a as any man need require he s sorely afraid she has set herself to catch him as he says she s an eye like a for a really strong good looking fellow like himself and chuckled audibly maybe he ll take pity on her maybe he won t the will be sorely by him from all he told us in his cups he gave us her name � the in the world for sure � i can t just now remember it i can said it struck me as quaint and pretty � started so violently and flushed so deeply that was afraid of some rash outbreak of wrath on his part but he restrained himself by a strong effort he merely took his cigar from his mouth and puffed a light cloud of smoke into the 