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They goes and gets married. That there's what they does, repeated the admiral, folding his arms and leaning serenely back, like a man who has settled the matter forever.
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And now, Orlando Toosypegs, in the words of Scripture, --here the admiral got up and took off his glazed hat--
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Admiral Havenful, I'm very much obliged to you, I'm sure, said the
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in a subdued tone;
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to use his own phrase, that he could only cast another appealing glance at the picture and growl a low, bewildered adjuration to society in general, to
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Stand from under!
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I shouldn't be a bit surprised if she said 'No,' Admiral Havenful; not one bit, sir, said Mr. Toosypegs, mournfully;
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Don't now, Orlando, don't now, said the admiral, severely;
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said the admiral, knitting his brow in intense perplexity;
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Again the old sailor reverentially removed his hat.
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That's it, Orlando; 'fain heart never won fair lady.' Now, look here: you go straight along and ask Firefly if she's willing to cruise under your flag through life, and if she lays her hand in yours, and says 'I'm there, messmate!' by St. Paul Jones! we'll have such a wedding as never was seen in old Maryland since Calvert came over. Hoorah!
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Admiral Havenful, I'll do it! I will, by granny! exclaimed Mr. Toosypegs jumping up in the excitement of the moment.
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I'll go right straight over to Heath Hill and ask her. Why, she actually might say 'Yes,' after all. Oh, my gracious! if she does, won't it be nice? What will aunt Prisciller say? Admiral Havenful, it was real kind of you to advise me so, and tell me what to do; and I'm ever so much obliged to you--I really am,
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Keep her to the wind's eye!
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Admiral Havenful, it is my intention to keep her to the wind's eye as much as possible, said Mr. Toosypegs, who comprehended the sentence about as much as he would a Chinese funeral-oration.
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Good-by, now; I'll come right back when it's over, and tell you what she said.
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Mr. O. C. Toosypegs
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on that expedition so terrifying to bashful young men--that of going to
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RESPECTFULLY DECLINES.
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Doubt the stars are fire-- Doubt the sun doth move-- Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.