At last, Ready, to get rid of him, sent him down with a large bundle to
the beach. Tommy shouldered it with great importance, but when he came
back, looking rather warm with the exertion, and Ready asked him to
take down another, he said he was too tired, and sat down very quietly
till breakfast-time, before which everything was ready.
Mrs. Seagrave and Juno packed up the breakfast and dinner things in a
basket after breakfast was over, and then Mr. and Mrs. Seagrave and the
family set off on their journey, accompanied by the dogs, through the
cocoa-nut grove.
William and Ready lost no time in getting through their work; the
crockery, kitchen utensils, table, and chairs, were the first articles
put into the boat. The goat was then led down, and they set off with a
full load, and arrived at the bay long before the party who were
walking through the wood. They landed the things on the beach, and then
shoved off again to bring round the bedding, which was all that was
left. By three o'clock in the afternoon they had arrived at the bay
with their second and last load, and found that the other party had
been there about an hour, and Mr. Seagrave and Juno were very busy
taking the articles up from the beach.
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