Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 181
nd Carrie ran tomeet him, and soon hewas sitting on the grassbeside them. That tiresome busi-ness is through with, atlast, he said; and nowwhat shall we do ? Doyou propose to stay ata hotel in New Londonall night ? or what are your plans, young people ? Shall we not get back to House No. 2 in time… … 182 THEY SET OFF FOR THE TOWN. 183 And I presume you would not enjoy the walk across the moorsto the house, in the pitchy blackness of midnight. No, indeed, said Gertrude. A hotel is so stupid ! said Carrie ; but I suppose thereis nothing else for it. I have an idea, said Jack. Why not all spend…
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