【】e,isaynothingagainst;
butflyingthroughtheair,inaballoon,isjusttetingthegood
providence.iknoittougagainst
ablingout,andbreakingyourselvesinto
sthereens;andnothingtotakehotoyourdearfatherand
ther,nottontionsslly,”andtiairlyblubberedh
grief,atthethought.
theboyshadgreatdiffiifyiachedfello
last,oufulresignation,heagreedto
reiiltheyretued;oruntiltheir
prolongedabsendereditlikelythattheyretuat
alltividentlykinguphisndthatthelatterntingency
noo
existneednolongerserve,heexpressedhisdeternationto
retutodijon;andtostayhcaptainbarclayuntiltheendof
the,hesaid,havethehearttofightany
re,astershkilled.
heionhadbeengoingon,theboyshadntinued
theirtoilettes.thepreparation
anoliveplexion;aransfortioe
thattheboysherunknohey
lookedsteadilyateachother.ralph,especially,terly
unlikehielf.
theynotogooutahisbreakfast,andtoretuin
te;aartedtheelves,roundingtheir
shoulders,andsonarrouchaspossible.ralph
stoppedatanoptis,boughtapairofslightlylored
speles,andputthen.
itthree
hoursalonel
tee,tobreakfast.hehere,andtheyo
thetableting.
”theseseatsareengaged,”loeesaid,shortly.
thebarclayssatdotheable;andcalled,inafn
at,forte
littleti,aboutajoueyfroaintloheyhadjust
de;andralphtheoloillspeakingfrench
hastrongf.
”pardon,lonel,”hesaid,”england.
yshoes,andishouldfeel
underagreatobligationifyouuldinforeheproper
persontotoapply.”
looheadding:
”ifyourshoodones,andthepricefair,andyou
delivertheoon,youhavetolong;fortheyare
greatlyed.”
”ehaess,forartilleryhorses,”ralphadded.
”idonotknothat,”thelonelsaid;”butyouain
allinfortionfroheofficerihaventioned.”
”thankyouverych,”ralphsaid,auedtohisseat.
loeelookedathispatiently.ralph,
aftera.
”dontyouthinkayas,lonel”hesaid,
inhisnaturalvoice.
thelonellookedathiinspeechlesssurprise.
”sothedisguisesareprettygood”ralphsaid,sling.
”iossible”thelonelexyearsdeceive
itreallybe”
”itsus,sureenough,lonel;andnoayaswell
sitdown.”
sosaying,theboystooktheirseatsatthetable;butlonel
teestilllookedfrootheother,inastonishnt.
”lastsaid,”
is,idohefaipossiblereselance.
”percyis,ofurse,lessalteredthanyouare,ralph,becausehe
isstillyounglooking;butevenno.as
foryou,hthathatbeard,youlook
fifty;andasunlikeyourselfaspossible.uponwere
anyhereintourshereareallsortsof
odditiesishouldbeashad,asalohear,tosit
dootablehyou.”
”youarealittleashad,asitis,”ralphlaughed.”
inteoeoutinouey
hairpossibletogoaboutin
unifor”
”butinthehyourhair”thelonel
said,exaninghilosely;forralphhadtakenoffhisfurcap
andlaiditbesidehi”youhavenotgota,all
thatfrizzlybunnotbeyourown.”
ralphexplainedhoanaged,andadded:
”andnoyoursurprise,let
ushavebreakfast.”
breakfastoheboysdidfulljustice;but
loeeillgettingonbutslo
takehiseyesoffralphsface.
”hatfrizzlekeepin”heasked,presently.
”yes;thensaidthatthefalsehairhegreater
portionofita
sllcurlingiron,soifyourselvesupwhenwelike.”
”,nohatyouogetas
farasversailles;astogettingthrough,thatsanother
tterbutifanyone,younvinced.”
”ihavenotto
seeoreclearly,indeed,
thanidotogettingoutagain.”
”oh,itdoesnottteraboutgettingoutagain,boys.youstop
quietlyinthere,untiltheendofthesiege.”
”thatisjusttodo,”percysaid.”wouldyou
kindlyasktheoputintothedispatchesarequestthataybe
sentoutagain,bythefirstballoonthatesy,
eitherofus,foreatingratsandcats;it
eto,beforeitisover.”
”iiling;”butreally,i
shouldadviseyourstayingthere.youhavedoneallandre
thanyourshareofwork.”
theboysshooktheirheads;andithat,iftheygot
in,theyshouldeoutagaininaballoon.
theing,theboyshalfpastfourand,at
halfpastfive,pesentinhis
natothenister,aed.gaettawas
athisingtable.
”gooding,loee,”hesaid,rdially;andthenadded,
insosurprise,”enyouhavehyou,andwhere
”thesearethey,”thelonelsaid,sling. ”theyarebettasaid,puzzled.”idonotuandyou, lonel.” ”thesearethelieutenantsbarpesaid. thenisterlookedfrohelohetk again. ”doyouantosay”hebegan,incredulously. ”yes,sir,itisus,”ralphsaid;”andidonotthinkthereisch fearofourbeingregnized.” ”solittlethatidonotr ... 【在阅读模式下不能自动加载下一页，请<退出阅读模式>后点击下一页阅读。】