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Nedra

CHAPTER XIX
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Snakes! Ugh!" Hugh thought she shuddered very prettily.
"Breakfast will be cold if I don't hurry," he observed.

He made his way around the rocky bend to the point where the rivulet emptied into the cove.

When he returned to the shady spot he was put to work opening cocoanuts and pouring the milk into the shells of others.

She had cleaned the flat surface of a large rock which stood well out from the lower edge of the cliff, and signified her intention to use it as a dining table.

He became enthusiastic and, by the exertion of all the strength he could muster, succeeded in rolling two boulders down the incline, placing them in position as stools beside the queer table.


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