The table was heaped with Mrs. Doctor 's delicacies but the piece de resistance was undoubtedly the big platter of sea trout . `` Thought they 'd be sorter tasty after travelling , '' said Captain Jim . `` They 're fresh as trout can be , Mistress Blythe . Two hours ago they were swimming in the Glen Pond . '' `` Who is attending to the light tonight , Captain Jim ? '' asked Doctor Dave . `` Nephew Alec . He understands it as well as I do . Well , now , I 'm real glad you asked me to stay to supper . I 'm proper hungry -- did n't have much of a dinner today . '' `` I believe you half starve yourself most of the time down at that light , '' said Mrs. Doctor Dave severely . `` You wo n't take the trouble to get up a decent meal . '' `` Oh , I do , Mistress Doctor , I do , '' protested Captain Jim . `` Why , I live like a king gen ` rally . Last night I was up to the Glen and took home two pounds of steak . I meant to have a spanking good dinner today . '' `` And what happened to the steak ? '' asked Mrs. Doctor Dave . `` Did you lose it on the way home ? '' `` No . ''
Captain XXXXX looked sheepish .
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