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"I can see with my own eyes you've been knocking dents in the deck; but I s'pose that wasn't your only object." "I reckoned to tack it over this here hole in the bulwarks where the tide swung her up against the quay-end." Captain Jacka showed him the place. "I'd have let you have a fresh plank if you'd only reported the damage in time."
'Beida's eyes were bright and her cheeks flushed. "War's a funny thing," she mused. "Where do you feel it, Mother?" "Don't clacky so much, that's a darlin', but go on with your breakfast." But Mrs Penhaligon heaved a sigh that was answer enough. "Well, I wanted to know, because down by Quay-end I heard old Aun' Rundle say it made her feel like the bottom of her stomach was fallin' out.
So she blessed them in words low and holy; then of a sudden wheeled round the great grey horse, and striking the spur into its flank, drove straight at the deep water. A moment the stallion hung, then from the low quay-end sprang out wide and clear.
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