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`` Ah then , sor , do n't spake like that , '' returned Flinders , with a woebegone expression on his countenance . `` Sure , it 's in the dumps ye are , an ' no occasion for that same . Is n't Miss -- '' The Irishman paused . He had it in his heart to say , `` Is n't Miss Betty smilin ' on ye like one o'clock ? '' but , never yet having ventured even a hint on that subject to Tom , an innate feeling of delicacy restrained him . As the chief who led the party gave the signal to move on at that moment it was unnecessary for him to finish the sentence . The Indian village , which was merely a cluster of tents made of deerskins stretched on poles , was now plainly visible from the commanding ridge along which the party travelled .