. Not counting the cost : in three volumes . Amen! saidDick, with a lugubrious laugh. Well, ifthat is so, our journey home was traced onthe chart before we were born, and—wecouldnt help ourselves. A dismayed silence fell upon the group,until Trucas childish voice was piped inplaintive protest : * But what a trouble for anyone to makesuch a chart, and to put all the mistakes intoo, and then just to sit down and wait forthem all to happen! I dont see any good inthat. NOT COUNTING THE COST 29 It will have to be made clear to ourspiritual essences by-and-by, began But as this assertion
. Not counting the cost : in three volumes . Amen! saidDick, with a lugubrious laugh. Well, ifthat is so, our journey home was traced onthe chart before we were born, and—wecouldnt help ourselves. A dismayed silence fell upon the group,until Trucas childish voice was piped inplaintive protest : * But what a trouble for anyone to makesuch a chart, and to put all the mistakes intoo, and then just to sit down and wait forthem all to happen! I dont see any good inthat. NOT COUNTING THE COST 29 It will have to be made clear to ourspiritual essences by-and-by, began But as this assertion was the accustomedsignal for a discussion of indefinite length,and as the stars had now come out, thefamily crept below, to stretch themselvesupon their hard couches and wish they wereback in the Tropics—even at this pass theycould not wish themselves back near theHorn—with their dinner of boiled fowl andbacon a prospect to be reckoned upon withcertainty for the morrow, and no thought tobe taken for the securing of their bed
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