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Chapter 12

           "Thatwaswhereshesunk,"saidMacalister’sboysuddenly.

           Threemenweredrownedwherewearenow,theoldmansaid.Hehadseenthemclingingtothemasthimself.AndMr.Ramsaytakingalookatthespotwasabout,JamesandCamwereafraid,toburstout:

           ButIbeneatharoughersea,

           andifhedid,theycouldnotbearit;theywouldshriekaloud;theycouldnotendureanotherexplosionofthepassionthatboiledinhim;buttotheirsurpriseallhesaidwas"Ah"asifhethoughttohimself.Butwhymakeafussaboutthat?Naturallymenaredrownedinastorm,butitisaperfectlystraightforwardaffair,andthedepthsofthesea(hesprinkledthecrumbsfromhissandwichpaperoverthem)areonlywaterafterall.Thenhavinglightedhispipehetookouthiswatch.Helookedatitattentively;hemade,perhaps,somemathematicalcalculation.Atlasthesaid,triumphantly:

           "Welldone!"Jameshadsteeredthemlikeabornsailor.

           There!Camthought,addressingherselfsilentlytoJames.You’vegotitatlast.ForsheknewthatthiswaswhatJameshadbeenwanting,andsheknewthatnowhehadgotithewassopleasedthathewouldnotlookatherorathisfatheroratanyone.Therehesatwithhishandonthetillersittingboltupright,lookingrathersulkyandfrowningslightly.Hewassopleasedthathewasnotgoingtoletanybodyshareagrainofhispleasure.Hisfatherhadpraisedhim.Theymustthinkthathewasperfectlyindifferent.Butyou’vegotitnow,Camthought.

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