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And when it came time for them to leave , and bid him good-bye , they were heartily sorry to take leave of him , and hoped they should meet him again . But Mr. Bangs was not to be gotten free from abruptly . There was bottled soda and there were stale peanuts over at the landing , where Coombs kept a small hotel a little way up from the shore ; and Mr. Bangs insisted that they should go over and have a treat at his expense . `` You do n't have to start till four o'clock , '' he urged . `` You 've got plenty of time . '' And they needed no great amount of persuasion . `` Funny old place Coombs keeps , '' he remarked , as they walked from the camps over to the landing .