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Chapter 27

           Then,astoworkingthevessel,itistrueIcannothoistthesailssingle-handed,butluckilywehaveenoughofsailsetalready;andifitshouldcomeontoblowasquall,Icouldatleastdropthepeaksofthemainandforesails,andclewthemuppartiallywithouthelp,andthrowherheadcloseintothewind,soastokeepherallshakingtilltheviolenceofthesquallispast.Andifwehavecontinuedlightbreezes,I’llrigupacomplicationofblocksandfixthemtothetopsailhalyards,sothatIshallbeabletohoistthesailswithouthelp.’TistrueI’llrequirehalf-a-daytohoistthem,butwedon’tneedtomindthat.ThenI’llmakeasortoferectionondecktoscreenyoufromthesun,Bill;andifyoucanonlymanagetositbesidethetillerandsteerfortwohourseveryday,soastoletmegetanap,I’llengagetoletyouoffdutyalltherestofthetwenty-fourhours.Andifyoudon’tfeelableforsteering,I’lllashthehelmandheave-towhileIgetyouyourbreakfastsanddinners;andsowe’llmanagefamously,andsoonreachtheCoralIsland."

           BillsmiledfaintlyasIranoninthisstrain.

           "Andwhatwillyoudo,"saidhe,"ifitcomesontoblowastorm?"

           Thisquestionsilencedme,whileIconsideredwhatIshoulddoinsuchacase.AtlengthIlaidmyhandonhisarmandsaid,"Bill,whenamanhasdoneallthathecando,heoughttoleavetheresttoGod."

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