THREE:"We are; we are," the boys assured him. "But we're awful anxious to see jest what it's like.""How far'll we have to tote these heavy carpetbags?" grumbled the other.
THREE:"We are; we are," the boys assured him. "But we're awful anxious to see jest what it's like.""How far'll we have to tote these heavy carpetbags?" grumbled the other.
THREE:"That's right," Dr. Haenlingen said. "They hear about freedom, and all the rest, as soon as they're old enough to hear about anything. It's part of every subject they study in school, it's part of the world they live in, it's like the air they breathe. They can't question it: they can't even think about it.""And didn't I shoot one, too?" put in Gid Mackall. "Just as much as you did. They want tall men in the company, don't they, Corpril? Not little runts."
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THREE:The mixture of feelings inside Cadnan was entirely new to him, and he couldn't control it very well. He found himself shaking without meaning to, and was unable to stop himself. There was relief, first of all, that it was all over, that he no longer had to worry about what Marvor might have planned, or whether Marvor were going to involve him. There was fright, seeing anyone carry through such a foolhardy, almost impious idea in the teeth of the masters. And there was simple disappointment, the disappointment of a novice theologue who has seen his pet heretic slip the net and go free.
THREE:"Well, you'll see in a little while the boss lot o' boys. Every one of 'em fightin' cocks, thoroughbrednot a dunghill feather or strain in the lot. Weeded 'em all out long ago. All straight-cut gentlemen. They'll welcome you like brothers and skin you out of every cent o' your bounty, if you play cards with 'em. They're a dandy crowd when it comes to fingerin' the pasteboards. They'll be regler fathers to you, but you don't want to play no cards with 'em."
THREE:"There goes some men for the ferry now. Why can't we go with them?" persisted the boy.
THREE:Cadnan thought, suddenly, of Dara. He had not spoken to her again, but he was able to think of her. When the time of mating came, it was possible that she would be his mate....
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