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man Lewis. I say, this Giveen must be a beast. 

 What makes him so anxious to have his knife into 

 French? " 



" I beheve I have something to do with that. 

 Didn't Mr French tell you about the boating 

 affair? " 



- No." 



" Well, Mr Giveen took me out in the boat at 

 Drumgool to see the coast." 



" Yes." 



" He rowed into a sea cave, the most awful 

 place you have ever seen, and then — " 



" Yes? " 



" He rocked the boat, pretending he was going 

 to drown me — " 



"Brute!" 



" That's what I said to him. He was laugh- 

 ing all the time, you know. He wanted me to — 

 to—" 



" Yes? " 



"Give him a kiss — ugh! And I was so 

 frightened I promised him one if he put me on 

 shore. Well, Mr French was waiting for us when 

 I got back, and I told him what had happened." 



" What did he do? " 



" He kicked Mr Giveen." 



"Good," said Mr Dashwood. "If I'd been 

 there I'd have drowned him." 



" Mr French wanted to. At least, he wanted 

 to duck him." 



" I'll tell you what," said Dashwood, " if this 



