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Updated: May 26, 2025
Even supposing that the fearful "fracture" had not killed him outright, the loss of his long rapier, the only tool by which he could obtain his living, would be sure to shorten his lease of life, and the final moment could not be long delayed. But neither sailor nor ex-sea-cook had any doubt of the fish having committed suicide, no more than that the act was involuntary.
Snowball knew it was not: for the ex-sea-cook could have told of like experiences; and William was also satisfied of its truth, from having read the account of a similar incident, and heard that the evidences of it, that is, a piece of the solid wood of the ship's timbers, with the sword imbedded in it, were to be seen at any time in the British Museum.
To little William it was a matter of some surprise when the ex-sea-cook spoke so confidently, and acted, moreover, as if he had no fear of frightening the shy-looking creatures that were swimming alongside. "Why, Snowy?" asked the lad, "why is there no fear of their being scared off?" "Kase, lilly Willy, I hab de idea dar be something else not far off, dat dem albacore am more feerd on dan we.
But he was not; for while in the act of its delivery, with the whites of his eyes rolling in conjectural wonder, something from below struck the plank, upon which he was standing, and with such a shock that the piece of timber was started from its fastenings, and impelled suddenly upwards, not only knocking the ex-sea-cook out of his perpendicular position, but pitching him, as from a catapult, clear across the Catamaran, and into the sea on the opposite side!
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