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Chapter 54

           Nomanspoke,butthesteersmanhelduphishand,andallsoftlybackedwater,andkepttheboatstraightandtruebeforeit.Asitcamenearer,IsawittobeMagwitch,swimming,butnotswimmingfreely.Hewastakenonboard,andinstantlymanacledatthewristsandankles.

           Thegalleywaskeptsteady,andthesilent,eagerlook-outatthewaterwasresumed.But,theRotterdamsteamernowcameup,andapparentlynotunderstandingwhathadhappened,cameonatspeed.Bythetimeshehadbeenhailedandstopped,bothsteamersweredriftingawayfromus,andwewererisingandfallinginatroubledwakeofwater.Thelook-outwaskept,longafterallwasstillagainandthetwosteamersweregone;buteverybodyknewthatitwashopelessnow.

           Atlengthwegaveitup,andpulledundertheshoretowardsthetavernwehadlatelyleft,wherewewerereceivedwithnolittlesurprise.HereIwasabletogetsomecomfortsforMagwitchProvisnolongerwhohadreceivedsomeverysevereinjuryintheChest,andadeepcutinthehead.

           Hetoldmethathebelievedhimselftohavegoneunderthekeelofthesteamer,andtohavebeenstruckontheheadinrising.Theinjurytohischest(whichrenderedhisbreathingextremelypainful)hethoughthehadreceivedagainstthesideofthegalley.

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