"I sorter imagine, gents, it will take them fellers a while ter
git over ther sudden shock we 've given 'em," he continued. "Maybe we
better take this yere rest spell ter git somethin' ter eat in, and talk
over how we 're fixed fer when the curtain goes up again. Them fellers
never won't be happy till after they git another dose into their
systems, an' thar 's liable ter be some considerable lead eat afore
night. When they does git braced up, an' they reckon up all this yere
means, they 'll shore be an ugly bunch."
Behind the safe protection of the low-growing cedars the three men
walked slowly toward the cabin of the "Little Yankee," seemingly
utterly oblivious to any danger lurking behind. As they thus advanced
Winston related briefly his discoveries in the lower levels of the
"Independence," referring to his personal adventures merely as the
needs of the simple narrative required. Brown, his rifle at trail, his
boyish face sober with thought, indulged in no outward comment, but
Hicks burst forth with words of fervent commendation.
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