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Chapter 43

           Thus,whenaquarrelarosebetweenthemanwhowassteeringandhisfriendinthecabin,uponthequestionwhohadfirstsuggestedtheproprietyofofferingNellsomebeer,andwhenthequarrelledtoascuffleinwhichtheybeateachotherfearfully,toherinexpressibleterror,neithervisitedhisdispleasureuponher,buteachcontentedhimselfwithventingitonhisadversary,onwhom,inadditiontoblows,hebestowedavarietyofcompliments,which,happilyforthechild,wereconveyedinterms,toherquiteunintelligible.Thedifferencewasfinallyadjusted,bythemanwhohadcomeoutofthecabinknockingtheotherintoitheadfirst,andtakingthehelmintohisownhands,withoutevincingtheleastdiscomposurehimself,orcausinganyinhisfriend,who,beingofatolerablystrongconstitutionandperfectlyinuredtosuchtrifles,wenttosleepashewas,withhisheelsupwards,andinacoupleofminutesorsowassnoringcomfortably.

           Bythistimeitwasnightagain,andthoughthechildfeltcold,beingbutpoorlyclad,heranxiousthoughtswerefarremovedfromherownsufferingoruneasiness,andbusilyengagedinendeavouringtodevisesomeschemefortheirjointsubsistence.Thesamespiritwhichhadsupportedheronthepreviousnight,upheldandsustainedhernow.Hergrandfatherlaysleepingsafelyatherside,andthecrimetowhichhismadnessurgedhim,wasnotcommitted.Thatwashercomfort.

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