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"
The
court-jester
,
"
interrupted
Jack
.
"
No
,
"
retorted
Peterkin
;
"
I
'll
have
no
title
at
all
.
I
shall
merely
accept
a
highly
responsible
situation
under
government
;
for
you
see
,
Jack
,
I
'm
fond
of
having
an
enormous
salary
and
nothing
to
do
.
"
"
But
suppose
there
are
no
natives
?
"
"
Then
we
'll
build
a
charming
villa
,
and
plant
a
lovely
garden
round
it
,
stuck
all
full
of
the
most
splendiferous
tropical
flowers
;
and
we
'll
farm
the
land
,
plant
,
sow
,
reap
,
eat
,
sleep
,
and
be
merry
.
"
"
But
to
be
serious
,
"
said
Jack
,
assuming
a
grave
expression
of
countenance
--
which
,
I
observed
,
always
had
the
effect
of
checking
Peterkin
's
disposition
to
make
fun
of
everything
--
"
we
are
really
in
rather
an
uncomfortable
position
.
If
this
is
a
desert
island
,
we
shall
have
to
live
very
much
like
the
wild
beasts
;
for
we
have
not
a
tool
of
any
kind
--
not
even
a
knife
.
"
"
Yes
,
we
have
that
,
"
said
Peterkin
,
fumbling
in
his
trousers
pocket
,
from
which
he
drew
forth
a
small
penknife
with
only
one
blade
,
and
that
was
broken
.
"
Well
,
that
's
better
than
nothing
.
--
But
come
,
"
said
Jack
,
rising
;
"
we
are
wasting
our
time
in
talking
instead
of
doing
.
--
You
seem
well
enough
to
walk
now
,
Ralph
.
--
Let
us
see
what
we
have
got
in
our
pockets
;
and
then
let
us
climb
some
hill
and
ascertain
what
sort
of
island
we
have
been
cast
upon
,
for
,
whether
good
or
bad
,
it
seems
likely
to
be
our
home
for
some
time
to
come
.
"
We
now
seated
ourselves
upon
a
rock
,
and
began
to
examine
into
our
personal
property
.
When
we
reached
the
shore
after
being
wrecked
,
my
companions
had
taken
off
part
of
their
clothes
and
spread
them
out
in
the
sun
to
dry
;
for
although
the
gale
was
raging
fiercely
,
there
was
not
a
single
cloud
in
the
bright
sky
.
They
had
also
stripped
off
most
part
of
my
wet
clothes
and
spread
them
also
on
the
rocks
.
Having
resumed
our
garments
,
we
now
searched
all
our
pockets
with
the
utmost
care
,
and
laid
their
contents
out
on
a
flat
stone
before
us
;
and
now
that
our
minds
were
fully
alive
to
our
condition
,
it
was
with
no
little
anxiety
that
we
turned
our
several
pockets
inside
out
in
order
that
nothing
might
escape
us
.
When
all
was
collected
together
,
we
found
that
our
worldly
goods
consisted
of
the
following
articles
:
First
,
a
small
penknife
with
a
single
blade
,
broken
off
about
the
middle
and
very
rusty
,
besides
having
two
or
three
notches
on
its
edge
.
(
Peterkin
said
of
this
,
with
his
usual
pleasantry
,
that
it
would
do
for
a
saw
as
well
as
a
knife
,
which
was
a
great
advantage
.
)
Second
,
an
old
German-silver
pencil-case
without
any
lead
in
it
.
Third
,
a
piece
of
whip-cord
about
six
yards
long
.
Fourth
,
a
sailmaker
's
needle
of
a
small
size
.
Fifth
,
a
ship
's
telescope
,
which
I
happened
to
have
in
my
hand
at
the
time
the
ship
struck
,
and
which
I
had
clung
to
firmly
all
the
time
I
was
in
the
water
;
indeed
,
it
was
with
difficulty
that
Jack
got
it
out
of
my
grasp
when
I
was
lying
insensible
on
the
shore
.
I
can
not
understand
why
I
kept
such
a
firm
hold
of
this
telescope
.
They
say
that
a
drowning
man
will
clutch
at
a
straw
.
Perhaps
it
may
have
been
some
such
feeling
in
me
,
for
I
did
not
know
that
it
was
in
my
hand
at
the
time
we
were
wrecked
.
However
,
we
felt
some
pleasure
in
having
it
with
us
now
--
although
we
did
not
see
that
it
could
be
of
much
use
to
us
,
as
the
glass
at
the
small
end
was
broken
to
pieces
.
Our
sixth
article
was
a
brass
ring
which
Jack
always
wore
on
his
little
finger
.
I
never
understood
why
he
wore
it
;
for
Jack
was
not
vain
of
his
appearance
,
and
did
not
seem
to
care
for
ornaments
of
any
kind
.
Peterkin
said
,
"
it
was
in
memory
of
the
girl
he
left
behind
him
!
"
But
as
he
never
spoke
of
this
girl
to
either
of
us
,
I
am
inclined
to
think
that
Peterkin
was
either
jesting
or
mistaken
.
In
addition
to
these
articles
,
we
had
a
little
bit
of
tinder
and
the
clothes
on
our
backs
.
These
last
were
as
follows
:
