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Chapter 54

           Therewasnoboatoffthepoint,noranyboatdrawnupanywherenearit,norwerethereanysignsofthemenhavingembarkedthere.But,tobesure,thetidewashigh,andtheremighthavebeensomefootpintsunderwater.

           Whenhelookedoutfromhisshelterinthedistance,andsawthatIwavedmyhattohimtocomeup,herejoinedme,andtherewewaited;sometimeslyingonthebank,wrappedinourcoats,andsometimesmovingabouttowarmourselves,untilwesawourboatcominground.Wegotaboardeasily,androwedoutintothetrackofthesteamer.Bythattimeitwantedbuttenminutesofoneo’clock,andwebegantolookoutforhersmoke.

           But,itwashalf-pastonebeforewesawhersmoke,andsoonafterwardswesawbehinditthesmokeofanothersteamer.Astheywerecomingonatfullspeed,wegotthetwobagsready,andtookthatopportunityofsayinggoodbytoHerbertandStartop.Wehadallshakenhandscordially,andneitherHerbert’seyesnorminewerequitedry,whenIsawafour-oaredgalleyshootoutfromunderthebankbutalittlewayaheadofus,androwoutintothesametrack.

           Astretchofshorehadbeenasyetbetweenusandthesteamer’ssmoke,byreasonofthebendandwindoftheriver;butnowshewasvisible,comingheadon.IcalledtoHerbertandStartoptokeepbeforethetide,thatshemightseeuslyingbyforher,andIadjuredProvistositquitestill,wrappedinhiscloak.Heansweredcheerily,"Trusttome,dearboy,"andsatlikeastatue.

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