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Chapter 18
Thenwe’llstrikeforAucharn,thehouseofmykinsman,JamesoftheGlens,whereImustgetmyclothes,andmyarms,andmoneytocarryusalong;andthen,David,we’llcry,‘Forth,Fortune!’andtakeacastamongtheheather.”
Sowesatagainandateanddrank,inaplacewhencewecouldseethesungoingdownintoafieldofgreat,wild,andhouselessmountains,suchasIwasnowcondemnedtowanderinwithmycompanion.Partlyaswesosat,andpartlyafterwards,onthewaytoAucharn,eachofusnarratedhisadventures;andIshallheresetdownsomuchofAlan’sasseemseithercuriousorneedful.
Itappearsherantothebulwarksassoonasthewavewaspassed;sawme,andlostme,andsawmeagain,asItumbledintheroost;andatlasthadoneglimpseofmeclingingontheyard.ItwasthisthatputhiminsomehopeIwouldmaybegettolandafterall,andmadehimleavethosecluesandmessageswhichhadbroughtme(formysins)tothatunluckycountryofAppin.
Inthemeanwhile,thosestillonthebrighadgottheskifflaunched,andoneortwowereonboardofheralready,whentherecameasecondwavegreaterthanthefirst,andheavedthebrigoutofherplace,andwouldcertainlyhavesenthertothebottom,hadshenotstruckandcaughtonsomeprojectionofthereef.Whenshehadstruckfirst,ithadbeenbows-on,sothatthesternhadhithertobeenlowest.Butnowhersternwasthrownintheair,andthebowsplungedunderthesea;andwiththat,thewaterbegantopourintothefore-scuttlelikethepouringofamill-dam.
