'Now, don't say that this is what you get for bringing a woman along,' she said. She smiled at me whimsically, gloriously, and I knew there was no need for forgiveness. ¡¡¡¡I rowed a couple of hundred feet along the beach so as to recover my nerves, and then stepped ashore again. ¡¡¡¡'Do be cautious!' she called after me. ¡¡¡¡I nodded my head and proceeded to make a flank attack on the nearest harem. All went until I aimed a blow at an outlying cow's head and fell short. She snorted and tried to scramble away. I ran in close and struck another blow, hitting the shoulder instead of the head. ¡¡¡¡'Look out!' I heard Maud scream.
¡¡¡In my excitement I had not been taking notice of other things, and I looked up to see the lord of the harem charging down upon me. Again I fled to the boat, hotly pursued; but this time Maud made no suggestion of turning back. ¡¡¡¡'It would be better, I imagine, if you let harems alone and devoted your attention to lonely and inoffensive-looking seals,' was what she said. 'I think I have read
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