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`` Do not condemn me without a hearing . I can explain everything to your satisfaction , indeed I can . '' `` It seems to me that you are a little hasty in your conclusions , Christie , '' said Donald . `` It is certainly unfair to condemn a man without hearing what he has to say , and I for one am too hungry to listen to Mr. Bullen 's explanations before eating . So let us fall to and dispose of the more pressing matter before we consider the more important . '' Although Christie accepted this advice , he did so with a bad grace , for he was feeling very keenly the loss of his post ; and the meal was eaten in an embarrassing silence . When it was finished , they rid themselves of its débris by simply removing to another place , where , though many eyes watched them curiously from all parts of the camp , they were allowed to converse unmolested .