But I think we can manage it if you will learn your part correctly." "I will do that.

Do you think you can really keep my brother from taking me to the fort ?" asked Percy, his tones and manner burdened with anxiety.
"I feel almost sure of it." "Good for you!" "You must go into the cabin now with me.

They are just starting up the steamer again, and she will soon reach the channel where she is going into the bay." The owner and the commander were busy in instructing the ship's company in regard to what would be expected of them as soon as the Bellevite was in motion again.

All the men spoken to smiled as they heard what was said to them, and they evidently regarded the whole affair as a decided pleasantry.

But they all promised to be very discreet, and to say only what they had been told to say if they were called on for any information by Confederate officials.
In the mean time Christy was very busy with his pupil, who entered heartily into the plan which promised to save him from shouldering a musket in one of the companies of his brother's regiment.