"
"They would not stay there long, William, nor could we easily get them
out if they did. I have often thought of getting some lines ready, and
yet the time has never come, for I feel sleepy after our day's work;
but as soon as the house is built, we will have them, and you shall be
fisherman-in-chief."
"But the fish will bite at night, will they not?"
"Oh yes, and better than they do in the daytime."
"Well, then, if you will get me a line and show me how, I will fish for
an hour or so after the work is done; I know mamma is getting tired of
salt meat, and does not think it good for Caroline."
"Well, then, I will get a bit of candle to-morrow night, and fit up two
fishing-lines. But I must go with you, William. We don't use much
candle, at all events."
"No, we are too glad to go to bed: but there are two or three boxes of
one sort or another up in the cove."
The next morning before breakfast all hands were employed in getting
the turtle into the pond. After breakfast, William and Juno finished
the pond where the walls had not been raised high enough; and, when
they returned to dinner, reported that their task was completed. Mr.
Seagrave also said that he had, he thought, cleared quite ground enough
for the present; and as Mrs.
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