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We Abandon Hope

           Ineverheardsuchyells;butitmighthavebeenamosquitobuzzingforalltheeffecttheyproduced. 

           Afterawhilehegaveitupandcamebackverythirsty,andhadtodrink. Thenwestoppedyelling,asitencroachedonthesupplyofwater. 

           Sowesatdownoncemoreagainstthechestsofuselessdiamondsinthatdreadfulinactionwhichwasoneofthehardestcircumstancesofourfate;andIamboundtosaythat,formypart,Igavewayindespair. LayingmyheadagainstSirHenry’sbroadshoulderIburstintotears; andIthinkthatIheardGoodgulpingawayontheotherside,andswearinghoarselyathimselffordoingso. 

           Ah,howgoodandbravethatgreatmanwas! Hadwebeentwofrightenedchildren,andheournurse,hecouldnothavetreatedusmoretenderly. Forgettinghisownshareofmiseries,hedidallhecouldtosootheourbrokennerves, tellingstoriesofmenwhohadbeeninsomewhatsimilarcircumstances,andmiraculouslyescaped; andwhenthesefailedtocheerus,pointingouthow,afterall,itwasonlyanticipatinganendwhichmustcometousall,thatitwouldsoonbeover,andthatdeathfromexhaustionwasamercifulone(whichisnottrue). Then,inadiffidentsortofway,asoncebeforeIhadheardhimdo,hesuggestedthatweshouldthrowourselvesonthemercyofahigherPower,whichformypartIdidwithgreatvigour. 

           Hisisabeautifulcharacter,veryquiet,butverystrong. 

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