Part 98 (2/2)
”It's disgusting,” said Bevis, turning to Mark; ”spoiling our island.”
”Not a tiger,” said Mark. ”Only a girl.”
”It's not proper,” said Bevis in a towering rage. ”Tigers are proper, girls are not proper.”
”No; that they're not.”
”Girls are--Foo!--”
”Very--foo!” Contemptuous puffing. ”It's not the stealing.”
”No; it's the coming--”
”Where you're not wanted--”
”Horrible!”
”Hateful!”
”What shall we do?”
”Can't kill her.”
”Nor torture her.”
”Nor scalp her.”
”Thing!”
”Creature!”
”Yow--wow!”
”Tie her up.”
”If we were savages we'd cook you!”
”Limb at a time.”
”What _can_ we do with her?”
”Let me stop,” said Loo pleadingly. ”Let _you_ stop! You!”
”I can cook and make tea and wash things.”
”Stop a minute,” said Mark. ”Perhaps she's a native.”
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