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"No; certainly not," said Hazel, in a voice of command. "I wouldn't wait a moment for all the flesh-pots of Egypt."
Then she went like the wind and fetched them.
"Oh, thank you! thank you! Now I want--let me see--ah, there's an old rusty hoop that was washed ashore, on one of that ship's casks. I put it carefully away; how the unlikeliest things come in useful soon or late!"
She went for the hoop, but not so rapidly, for here it was that the first faint doubt of his sanity came in. However, she brought it, and he thanked her.
"And now," said he, "while I prepare the intelligence, will you be so kind as to fetch me the rushes?"
"The what?" said Helen, in growing dismay.
"The rushes! I'll tell you where to find some."
Helen thought the best thing was to temporize. Perhaps he would be better after eating some wholesome food. "I'll fetch them directly after dinner," said she. "But it will be spoiled if I leave it for long; and I do so want it to be nice for you to-day."
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