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What a gladsome, joyous morning! And how brimful of health and happiness were those two lads, Fred and Frank! Both seemed to wake at once; then they looked in each other's faces, blinked a little in that yellow ray of sunshine, then burst out laughing.
In about five and a half seconds, as nearly as I can judge, they were both on deck rubbing their eyes and looking about them.