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Chapter 2

           ButIfeltitallthesame;Ifeltoftenitsmysteriousstillnesswatchingmeatmymonkeytricks,justasitwatchesyoufellowsperformingonyourrespectivetight-ropesforwhatisit?half-a-crownatumble"

           "Trytobecivil,Marlow,"growledavoice,andIknewtherewasatleastonelistenerawakebesidesmyself.

           "Ibegyourpardon.Iforgottheheartachewhichmakesuptherestoftheprice.Andindeedwhatdoesthepricematter,ifthetrickbewelldone?Youdoyourtricksverywell.AndIdidn’tdobadlyeither,sinceImanagednottosinkthatsteamboatonmyfirsttrip.It’sawondertomeyet.Imagineablindfoldedmansettodriveavanoverabadroad.Isweatedandshiveredoverthatbusinessconsiderably,Icantellyou.Afterall,foraseaman,toscrapethebottomofthethingthat’ssupposedtofloatallthetimeunderhiscareistheunpardonablesin.Noonemayknowofit,butyouneverforgetthethumpeh?Ablowontheveryheart.Yourememberit,youdreamofit,youwakeupatnightandthinkofityearsafterandgohotandcoldallover.Idon’tpretendtosaythatsteamboatfloatedallthetime.Morethanonceshehadtowadeforabit,withtwentycannibalssplashingaroundandpushing.Wehadenlistedsomeofthesechapsonthewayforacrew.Finefellowscannibalsintheirplace.Theyweremenonecouldworkwith,andIamgratefultothem.

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