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104 how long he’s going to sit mooning there! ’Tis right unpleasant hanging here motionless, and in spite of the heat, the water grows chilly.” But Dirk had evidently no intention of moving at present, and Gysbert was  obliged to shiver and wait for some time, before the spirit moved the man to be gone. At length the crunch of footsteps on the gravel  warned the boy that his enemy was once  more on his way. It was a relief to swim again and limber up his stiffened body, but to  his astonishment he found that they were  drawing near to an unfrequented portion of  the city near the walls, and that the canal-street would soon turn off in another direction.

“Where can he be going!” questioned Gysbert, as he poked up his head at the turn, and saw Dirk advancing straight on, apparently  right to the wall itself. At that moment the man half turned his head and Gysbert ducked  under hastily. When he again raised himself, to his amazement Dirk had disappeared