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Chapter 5

           AneveningortwoafterRobert’sburial,Iwasleaningonthehatchwayneartheforecastle,fullofdespondingthoughts,whenasailorinakindvoiceaskedmewhyIwassodown-hearted. Thetoneandmannerofthemanassuredme,andIanswered,becauseIwasafreeman,andhadbeenkidnapped. Heremarkedthatitwasenoughtomakeanyonedown-hearted,andcontinuedtointerrogatemeuntilhelearnedtheparticularsofmywholehistory. Hewasevidentlymuchinterestedinmybehalf,and,inthebluntspeechofasailor,sworehewouldaidmeallhecould,ifit"splithistimbers." Irequestedhimtofurnishmepen,inkandpaper,inorderthatImightwritetosomeofmyfriends. HepromisedtoobtainthembuthowIcouldusethemundiscoveredwasadifficulty. IfIcouldonlygetintotheforecastlewhilehiswatchwasoff,andtheothersailorsasleep,thethingcouldbeaccomplished. Thesmallboatinstantlyoccurredtome. HethoughtwewerenotfarfromtheBalize,atthemouthoftheMississippi,anditwasnecessarythattheletterbewrittensoon,ortheopportunitywouldbelost. Accordingly,byarrangement,Imanagedthenextnighttosecretmyselfagainunderthelong-boat. Hiswatchwasoffattwelve. Isawhimpassintotheforecastle,andinaboutanhourfollowedhim. Hewasnoddingoveratable,halfasleep,onwhichasicklylightwasflickering,andonwhichalsowasapenandsheetofpaper. AsIenteredhearoused,beckonedmetoaseatbesidehim,andpointedtothepaper. 

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