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He was standing and calling to the boat's crew to get out an oar and pull her head-to-sea: for although the smoothing wind had taken most of the danger out of the breakers, they were quite able to capsize and roll over any boat that beached herself in that lubberly fashion. I ran up panting, and shouted with him "Pull her round head-to-sea, and back her in!" Not a man moved or lifted a hand.
"The rusty, weed-coated steamer rolling on the blue combers, and the little, battered tug, holding her head-to-sea. The breeze was strong and for some days they had not made three knots an hour. Well, I know something about fever, but they were all sick; the engineer delirious and very weak " Barbara, sitting near the passenger, made an effort for calm. Her heart beat and her breath came fast.
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