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           Georgetookthefunmoresoberly,andstucktotheumbrella. 

           Wehoistedthecoverbeforewehadlunch,andkeptitupalltheafternoon,justleavingalittlespaceinthebow,fromwhichoneofuscouldpaddleandkeepalook-out. Inthiswaywemadeninemiles,andpulledupforthenightalittlebelowDay’sLock. 

           Icannothonestlysaythatwehadamerryevening. Therainpoureddownwithquietpersistency. Everythingintheboatwasdampandclammy. Supperwasnotasuccess. Coldvealpie,whenyoudon’tfeelhungry,isapttocloy. IfeltIwantedwhitebaitandacutlet;Harrisbabbledofsolesandwhite-sauce,andpassedtheremainsofhispietoMontmorency,whodeclinedit,and,apparentlyinsultedbytheoffer,wentandsatoverattheotherendoftheboatbyhimself. 

           Georgerequestedthatwewouldnottalkaboutthesethings,atalleventsuntilhehadfinishedhiscoldboiledbeefwithoutmustard. 

           Weplayedpennynapaftersupper. Weplayedforaboutanhourandahalf,bytheendofwhichtimeGeorgehadwonfourpence—Georgealwaysisluckyatcards—andHarrisandIhadlostexactlytwopenceeach. 

           Wethoughtwewouldgiveupgamblingthen. AsHarrissaid,itbreedsanunhealthyexcitementwhencarriedtoofar. Georgeofferedtogoonandgiveusourrevenge;butHarrisandIdecidednottobattleanyfurtheragainstFate. 

           Afterthat,wemixedourselvessometoddy,andsatroundandtalked.