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`` Sounds O.K. , '' remarked Sweet William , `` but there 'll be a picnic before morning . I reckon we 'll need to get away pretty sudden . '' `` That can be arranged in two ways , '' said Dolphin . `` First , we can choose a day when a steamer is leaving port early in the evening , say , eight o'clock ; or we can take to the bush , and make our way across country . I 've turned over both plans in my mind , and I rather prefer the latter . But that is a point I leave to you -- I 'll fall in with the opinion of the majority . '' `` Yes , '' said Garstang , `` it looks as if it must succeed : it looks as if it ca n't go wrong .