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Updated: May 12, 2025

'Take the oars, Sir, hang you! cried Cluffe. 'There are no oarth, replied Puddock, solemnly. 'Or the helm. 'There'th no helm. 'And what the devil, Sir? and a splash of cold water soused the silken calves of Cluffe at this moment. 'Heugh! heugh! and what the devil will you do, Sir? you don't want to drown me, I suppose? roared Cluffe, holding hard by the gunwale.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard