`` More than half my vacation gone , and I 've only had a week of it ! I call that hard , '' and he groaned dismally . `` So it is ; but there is more to come , and you may be able to enjoy that . '' `` May be able ! I will be able ! Does that old noodle think I 'm going to stay stived up here much longer ? '' `` I guess he does , unless your eyes get on faster than they have yet . '' `` Has he said anything more lately ? '' `` I have n't seen him , you know . Shall I begin ? this looks rather nice . '' `` Read away ; it 's all one to me . '' And Mac cast himself down upon the old lounge , where his heavy head felt easiest . Rose began with great spirit , and kept on gallantly for a couple of chapters , getting over the unpronounceable names with unexpected success , she thought , for her listener did not correct her once , and lay so still she fancied he was deeply interested . All of a sudden she was arrested in the middle of a fine paragraph by Mac , who sat bolt upright , brought both feet down with a thump , and said , in a rough , excited tone , `` Stop ! I do n't hear a word , and you may as well save your breath to answer my question . '' `` What is it ? '' asked Rose , looking uneasy , for she had something on her mind , and feared that he suspected what it was . His next words proved that she was right . `` Now , look here , I want to know something , and you 've got to tell me . ''
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