The sea-trip and fine air here had given us tremendous appetites, which our walk had sharpened.
So we turned back at once and hurried home, agreeing to begin square on the fort the next day.
FOOTNOTES: [A] Sea-beans are seeds of a West Indian tree.

They are of different colors, very hard, and capable of being handsomely polished.

They are called "sea-beans" because great numbers of them drift up on the Florida and adjacent coasts..