"Couldn't we go somewhere else for lobsters," she said; "somewhere a
good way off from the dead sheep?"
"No," said Meldon decisively. "We shouldn't catch any if we did. All
the lobsters, as you can easily understand, will have collected near
the dead sheep. It's a great find for them, you know, as well as for
the sea-gulls."
"In any case," said Miss King, who felt that she could not with decency
press her company on Meldon any more, "I'd rather stay where I am. I
don't think I care for crossing the island after all."
Meldon kicked Simpkins again. Then he took Major Kent by the arm,
dragged him to his feet, and set off at a rapid pace across the island.
"J. J.," said the Major, "these plans of yours are all very well, and
of course I'm not going to interfere with them, but I don't see any
necessity for being actually rude to Miss King. She strikes me as
being a very nice girl."
"I am disappointed in Miss King," said Meldon. "I thought better of
her before. She's not what I call womanly, and I hate these unsexed
females."
"What do you mean? I suppose you think she had no right to try and
force herself on us, but I thought--"
"I'm not complaining of that in the least," said Meldon.
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