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Updated: June 29, 2025
"Oh, I know it," returned he; "that wretch Angerstoff, whom I once thought my friend, has gained my wife's affections. She has been faithless to me yes, she has. They both wish I were out of the way. Perhaps they are now planning my destruction. What can I do?
Imagination began to conjure up a thousand appalling forms, and the voice of Angerstoff, speaking in his sleep, filled my ears at intervals "Hoist up the beacon! the lamps won't burn horrible! they contain blood instead of oil. Is that a boat coming? Yes, yes, I hear the oars. Damnation! why is that corpse so long of sinking? if it doesn't go down soon they'll find me out.
In the afternoon, while sitting on deck, I discerned a boat far off, but I determined to conceal this from Angerstoff and Marietta, lest they should use some means to prevent its approach. I walked carelessly about, casting a glance upon the sea occasionally, and meditating how I could best take advantage of the means of deliverance which I had in prospect.
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