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`` Well , if I can tell them you are out of condition and not feeling like yourself , that will make it all right , and will also explain why you kept yourself away all the afternoon . '' With this he left me , promising to return when the guests had departed . It was a long time before he came back , and it was then really dark . `` Your supper is awaiting you , '' he announced , `` and I am afraid that Mrs. Jabe is contemplating a hot footbath and some sort of herb tea ; and we ought to turn in pretty early to-night , for Captain Jabe has announced that he will sail between four and five o'clock in the morning . '' `` Walkirk , '' said I , sitting up in the hammock , `` I have no intention of sailing to-morrow . I prefer to stay here for a time ; I do n't know for how long . '' `` Stay here ! ''