"I wuz never so tired before in all my life.

I think I must have trotted a thousan' miles, an' now I'm willin' to let Jim Hart paddle me the rest o' the way in a canoe." Tom Ross said nothing, merely showing his white teeth in a smile.
"The Miamis are about," said Paul.

"They have been around the lake, and on it, for days, looking for something." "We know it," said Henry.

"In fact, we've seen some of them not so long since, though none of them saw us.

There are big doings afoot, Paul, and we must have our part in them." "Should we go back to the island, then ?" "For the present, yes.