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Sailor in sentence

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"No, my boy," replied the sailor; "they were in a copper box which shut very tightly; and now what are we to do?""We shall certainly find some way of making a fire," said Herbert.
"But," said Herbert quickly, "do you think it possible that they have no tinder or matches?""I doubt it," replied the sailor, shaking his head, "for neither Neb nor Captain Harding smoke, and I believe that Mr. Spilett would rather keep his note-book than his match-box."
Before returning to the cave, the sailor and Herbert, in the event of fire being positively unattainable, collected some more shell-fish, and then silently retraced their steps to their dwelling.
The boy's heart sank; the sailor had not been deceived in his forebodings; the engineer, Cyrus Harding, had not been found!
exclaimed the sailor.
The sailor first made sure that it was quite dry; that done, "We must have some paper," said he."Here," replied Spilett, after some hesitation tearing a leaf out of his note-book.
A minute later the dry wood crackled and a cheerful flame, assisted by the vigorous blowing of the sailor, sprang up in the midst of the darkness.
As to the sailor, he passed the night with one eye on the fire, on which he did not spare fuel.
An illusion perhaps, but still an illusion to be respected, and one which the sailor did not wish to destroy.
"To the chase, Herbert," said the sailor.
The sailor thought it very sensible advice.
Meanwhile, the sailor attentively observed the disposition and nature of the surrounding country.
"This will be a good opportunity to taste jacamar," replied the sailor, "if that fellow is in a humor to be roasted!"
"No, no, my boy!" replied the sailor.
The sailor and the lad, creeping among the grass, arrived at the foot of a tree, whose lower branches were covered with little birds.
So the sailor actively pursued his researches, though he exclaimed, when some animal which he had not even time to recognize fled into the long grass, "If only we had had the dog Top!"
After several fruitless attempts, which resulted in nothing but scaring the grouse, the sailor said to the lad,--"Decidedly, since we can't kill them on the wing, we must try to take them with a line."
"Like a fish," replied the sailor quite seriously.
A whole half-hour passed, but then, as the sailor had surmised, several couple of grouse returned to their nests.
The sailor undoubtedly felt much greater anxiety than does the fisherman, for he does not see his prey coming through the water.
It was the first time that he had ever seen birds taken with a line, but the sailor modestly confessed that it was not his first attempt, and that besides he could not claim the merit of invention.
"We are going to have a dirty night, Mr. Spilett!" said the sailor: "Petrels delight in wind and rain."
The sailor had not expected this question.
"What astonishes me," rejoined the reporter, "while admitting that our companion has perished, is that Top has also met his death, and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shore!""It is not astonishing, with such a heavy sea," replied the sailor.
Having said this, the sailor returned to the Chimneys.
Gideon Spilett approved of the sailor's opinion that it was best not to divide, and Herbert was obliged to give up his project; but two large tears fell from his eyes.
Their meal concluded, each retired to the corner in which he had rested the preceding night, and Herbert was not long in going to sleep near the sailor, who had stretched himself beside the fireplace.
Twice the sailor rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the passage, so as to take a look in safety at the outside.
The sailor strained his ears, but could hear no noise beyond those caused by the storm.
replied the sailor.
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