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But no one ever knew what he was not sorry about, for the poor man was obliged to swallow down the rest of his sentence with half a pint of muddy water. The Major advanced quietly, making regular strokes, worthy of a master swimmer. The sailors took to the water like porpoises, while Robert clung to Thaouka's mane, and was carried along with him.
He had listened with incredulous interest to the old man's narrative, and knowing how prone country folk are to accept any fanciful story especially a long standing tradition without ever attempting to verify it, the conviction had forced itself upon his mind that Rudy's Hole was a myth in other words that its depth was nothing extraordinary. Randy was a good swimmer, but a far better diver.
Should the zygaena once get past him and continue on towards the sailor, swift swimmer as Snowball was, he could have no chance of overtaking a fish. At this crisis a thought occurred to him which promised to avert the calamity he most dreaded, that is, the shark getting past him, and continuing on to the others. The thought found expression in speech. "Ho!
The skilful swimmer thrown into the river by malefactors is careful not to rise to the surface immediately: on the contrary, he plunges beneath, and remains there as long as his breath holds out. He comes up again at a great distance, and lands out of sight; then, when he is supposed to be dead, lost forever to the sight of man, he rises up and has his vengeance. You have an enemy?
It was more than an idea or a passion: it was like the craving of a drug maniac for his poison. The shore that blinked at him across the black waters was not inaccessible under the impulse of that lust of anger; he was at all times a strong swimmer.
"Let us swim for it. Perhaps somebody will come and pick us up." And without further ado he leaped overboard. Seeing this, his brothers did likewise, and all three struck out boldly for the nearest dock. It was a risky thing to do, with all their clothing on, but each was a good swimmer and the weather had made the water very warm. On they went, keeping as closely together as possible.
He knew that Collins was a good swimmer, so that he had no fears about his drowning. "Will you row now?" he inquired, as Collins swam towards the boat. "Not a stroke," he answered, angrily; whereupon they sent the boat forward out of his reach, with one or two strokes of the oar.
"The sun is up, senors, and it is a fine morning after the storm. Maria has got coffee ready, baked some cakes, and fried some slices of meat." "All right, Dias! we will be out directly. We will first run up the bank a short distance, and have a dip." "You won't be able to swim, senor. The bed of the torrent is full, and no swimmer could breast the water." "All right! we will be careful."
John Lapussa must needs call upon Mr. Sipos. He was wearing mourning in his hat and tried hard to lend his face a funereal appearance also. "Have you heard the news?" he asked. Mr. Sipos had heard nothing. "Don't you see the mourning in my hat? Alas! my poor niece, unhappy Henrietta!" "Well, what has happened?" "Hátszegi has been drowned in the Maros." "Impossible, he was a first-rate swimmer."
When I get there, Hal, throw me a line." With that the young submarine boy stepped over the rail, poised his hands at the side and dived. An excellent swimmer, it was not long before he touched the overturned hull. Neither of those whom he sought to rescue offered him a hand.
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