"For me or for him?"
"Well, I was thinking of you at the moment."
"And not an over-pleasant one, you suggest?
"Oh, he's a gentleman, is the old man, if he is an old heathen. Gad! I'd like to go along with you, only it would upset your apple-cart and set you in the ditch."
"I'll see him in the morning," said Eager.
[CHAPTER VIII]
SIR DENZIL'S VIEWS
The struggle between the boys, which began before Mr. Eager was well out of sight, resulted in a bump on Jim's forehead similar to the one which already decorated Jack's, in a few additional scratches and bruises to both brown little bodies, and in Jim's temporary possession of the rabbit.
That point decided for the time being, they sat down in the hot sand to recover their wind, Jim holding his prey tightly by the ears on his off side, since a moment's lack of caution would result in its instant transfer to another owner.
"I'm going to learn to swim," said Jack.