"Tomorrow we'll try to dig up three other fellows to go along, and then, as soon as we all get home, we'll find out whether our folks will stand for it.

You must all telegraph me the first thing.
Don't wait to write, because I must know as soon as possible.

I dare say there's work to be done on the _Cockatoo_ before she's ready for the water, and we don't want to have to wait around until the end of July.
The fun of doing anything is to do it right off.

If you wait you lose half the pleasure.

Now you'd better beat it, Perry.