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Updated: May 22, 2025

"Now we can tell 'er you dived in off the quay and got me just as I was sinking for the last time. You'll be a hero." The mate's remarks about heroes were mercifully cut short. He was three stone lighter than Mr. Heard, and standing on shelving ground. The lat-ter's victory was so sudden that he over-balanced, and only a commotion at the surface of the water showed where they had disappeared. Mr.

W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs - Short Cruises