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"
Well
,
I
don
’
t
mind
confessing
it
,
I
have
a
rattling
good
time
at
the
front
.
I
’
ve
made
a
lot
of
good
pals
.
It
’
s
a
first
-
rate
life
.
Of
course
war
’
s
terrible
,
and
all
that
sort
of
thing
;
but
it
does
bring
out
the
best
qualities
in
a
man
,
there
’
s
no
denying
that
.
"
Then
I
told
them
what
I
had
learned
about
Charles
Strickland
in
Tahiti
.
I
thought
it
unnecessary
to
say
anything
of
Ata
and
her
boy
,
but
for
the
rest
I
was
as
accurate
as
I
could
be
.
When
I
had
narrated
his
lamentable
death
I
ceased
.
For
a
minute
or
two
we
were
all
silent
.
Then
Robert
Strickland
struck
a
match
and
lit
a
cigarette
.
"
The
mills
of
God
grind
slowly
,
but
they
grind
exceeding
small
,
"
he
said
,
somewhat
impressively
.
Mrs
.
Strickland
and
Mrs
.
Ronaldson
looked
down
with
a
slightly
pious
expression
which
indicated
,
I
felt
sure
,
that
they
thought
the
quotation
was
from
Holy
Writ
.
Indeed
,
I
was
unconvinced
that
Robert
Strickland
did
not
share
their
illusion
.
I
do
not
know
why
I
suddenly
thought
of
Strickland
’
s
son
by
Ata
.
They
had
told
me
he
was
a
merry
,
light
-
hearted
youth
.
I
saw
him
,
with
my
mind
’
s
eye
,
on
the
schooner
on
which
he
worked
,
wearing
nothing
but
a
pair
of
dungarees
;
and
at
night
,
when
the
boat
sailed
along
easily
before
a
light
breeze
,
and
the
sailors
were
gathered
on
the
upper
deck
,
while
the
captain
and
the
supercargo
lolled
in
deck
-
chairs
,
smoking
their
pipes
,
I
saw
him
dance
with
another
lad
,
dance
wildly
,
to
the
wheezy
music
of
the
concertina
.
Above
was
the
blue
sky
,
and
the
stars
,
and
all
about
the
desert
of
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
A
quotation
from
the
Bible
came
to
my
lips
,
but
I
held
my
tongue
,
for
I
know
that
clergymen
think
it
a
little
blasphemous
when
the
laity
poach
upon
their
preserves
My
Uncle
Henry
,
for
twenty
-
seven
years
Vicar
of
Whitstable
,
was
on
these
occasions
in
the
habit
of
saying
that
the
devil
could
always
quote
scripture
to
his
purpose
.
He
remembered
the
days
when
you
could
get
thirteen
Royal
Natives
for
a
shilling
.