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Two in rapid ` concussion ' with the Polydores must be nerve-racking . '' `` Yes ; I admit there seemed to be ` too much Polydores . ' We all had a happy reunion , and I devoted the forenoon to the entertainment of the famous family so I could be entitled to the afternoon off to spend with Beth . At noon we built a fire and cooked a sumptuous dinner . Beth baked up some things to keep them supplied a couple of days longer . After dinner I asked her to go for a row . She insisted on taking Diogenes along , and the others all followed us on a raft .