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Chapter 9
Georgerepliedhedidnotknow.
AnotherexampleofthedangerouswantofsympathybetweentowerandtowedwaswitnessedbyGeorgeandmyselfonceupnearWalton. Itwaswherethetow-pathshelvesgentlydownintothewater,andwewerecampingontheoppositebank,noticingthingsingeneral. By-and-byasmallboatcameinsight,towedthroughthewateratatremendouspacebyapowerfulbargehorse,onwhichsataverysmallboy. Scatteredabouttheboat,indreamyandreposefulattitudes,layfivefellows,themanwhowassteeringhavingaparticularlyrestfulappearance.
"Ishouldliketoseehimpullthewrongline,"murmuredGeorge,astheypassed. Andatthatprecisemomentthemandidit,andtheboatrushedupthebankwithanoiseliketherippingupoffortythousandlinensheets. Twomen,ahamper,andthreeoarsimmediatelylefttheboatonthelarboardside,andreclinedonthebank,andoneandahalfmomentsafterwards,twoothermendisembarkedfromthestarboard,andsatdownamongboat-hooksandsailsandcarpet-bagsandbottles. Thelastmanwentontwentyyardsfurther,andthengotoutonhishead.
Thisseemedtosortoflightentheboat,anditwentonmucheasier,thesmallboyshoutingatthetopofhisvoice,andurginghissteedintoagallop. Thefellowssatupandstaredatoneanother. Itwassomesecondsbeforetheyrealisedwhathadhappenedtothem,but,whentheydid,theybegantoshoutlustilyfortheboytostop.
