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"Nevertheless," replied Heika, "I mean to go over to Scotland this summer if I can."

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Flatface with a tremendous buffet, and Heika did the same to his second in command with an energetic cuff.

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"Have you and Heika ever ascended that mad stream?" cried Thorward.

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"It would be so easy too," continued Heika, "to have some method of letting him know what I think, if we could only agree about the signs or signals beforehand."

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The instant he was gone Heika rose and removed the parchment window, took a billet of firewood and laid it across the bed, then, leaping out, he walked smartly towards the west end of the village.

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Leif, Biarne, and the men gazed in speechless wonder, much to the amusement of Karlsefin and Thorward, while Hake and Heika made straight for the flying band and came up with them.

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Resting a few moments, as Heika and his crew had done, they then addressed themselves to the second part of the rapid.

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Heika smiled as he replied, "I have never thought of making a comparison between them."

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He therefore approved of all that Heika suggested, and said that he would give his aid most vigorously.

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The canoes were already in the water and manned when the leaders reached them, for Heika, who had been left in charge, knew well that whatever might be the result of the enterprise, prompt action would be necessary.

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