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IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

           AssoonasVennfoundhisfeetdraggingoverthepebblesoftheshallowerpartbelowhesecuredhisfootingandwadedtowardsthebrink.There,wherethewaterstoodatabouttheheightofhiswaist,heflungawaythehatch,andattemptedtodragforththeman.Thiswasamatterofgreatdifficulty,andhefoundasthereasonthatthelegsoftheunfortunatestrangerweretightlyembracedbythearmsofanotherman,whohadhithertobeenentirelybeneaththesurface.

           Atthismomenthisheartboundedtohearfootstepsrunningtowardshim,andtwomen,rousedbyThomasin,appearedatthebrinkabove.TheyrantowhereVennwas,andhelpedhiminliftingouttheapparentlydrownedpersons,separatingthem,andlayingthemoutuponthegrass.Vennturnedthelightupontheirfaces.TheonewhohadbeenuppermostwasYeobright;hewhohadbeencompletelysubmergedwasWildeve.

           “Nowwemustsearchtheholeagain,”saidVenn.“Awomanisintheresomewhere.Getapole.”

           Oneofthemenwenttothefootbridgeandtoreoffthehandrail.Thereddlemanandthetwoothersthenenteredthewatertogetherfrombelowasbefore,andwiththeirunitedforceprobedthepoolforwardstowhereitslopeddowntoitscentraldepth.Vennwasnotmistakeninsupposingthatanypersonwhohadsunkforthelasttimewouldbewasheddowntothispoint,forwhentheyhadexaminedtoabouthalfwayacrosssomethingimpededtheirthrust.

           “Pullitforward,”saidVenn,andtheyrakeditinwiththepoletillitwasclosetotheirfeet.

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