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I must have more time to talk to him , and we must get a chance when there will be no danger of interruptions . I will come again , but I must think up a new plan . '' Then , setting the canoe into the water , he began to paddle back . Though it was approaching midnight he decided he would keep on , and get back to camp by morning . Frank reached camp in time for breakfast . He was weary with his long night journey , and his chums saw evidences of the strain it had been on him in his eyes , heavy from need of sleep , and his arms , which trembled from the long paddling . But they did not question him .