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He had been under water a dangerously long time before Stranack, who had suffered no more than a wetting, had found him. It had been touch and go for his life, but artificial respiration had succeeded. He soon went to pieces after that. From one of the windows of his chambers the river was just visible. One morning he deliberately pulled the blind down. The action was important.
It was a needless remark, and if Stranack had not made it all might have been well. As a fact, it set Cargill asking himself why he should not take her through the lock. He was admitted to be a much better boatman than Stranack, and everyone knew that it required a certain amount of skill to manage a lock properly. Locks were dangerous if you played the fool.
"I I'll come with you, Stranack." Oddly enough, he felt much better when they were actually on the river. He had never been afraid of water, as such. And the familiar scenery, together with the wholesome exercise of sculling, acted as a tonic to his nerves. They pulled above Molesey lock. When they were returning, Stranack said: "You'll take her through the lock, won't you?"
"You've been frousting too much. I'm glad I came. The car's outside, and we'll run down to Kingston, take a skiff and pull up to Molesey." The river! Young Cargill felt the blood singing in his ears. "I'm afraid I can't manage it. I I've got an appointment this afternoon," he stammered. Stranack perceived that he was lying, and wondered.
You must pull yourself together or you'll go stark mad, and then you'll probably go and throw yourself over the Embankment. That legend is all bosh! You're in the twentieth century, and you're not a drunken fisherman " "Hullo, young Cargill!" The door burst open and Stranack, oozing health and sanity, glared at him. "Jove! What a wreck you look!" continued Stranack.
For a few minutes he gossiped, while young Cargill was repeating to himself: "You must pull yourself together. It's becoming an obsession. You must pull yourself together." He was vaguely conscious that Stranack was about to depart. Stranack was already in the doorway. His chance of killing the obsession was slipping from him! A special effort and then: "Stop!" cried Cargill.
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