The Sea-Wolf

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London, Jack

"The Sea-Wolf"

I could row no more. My bruised and swollen hands could no longer close on the oar-handles. My wrists and arms ached intolerably, and, though I had eaten heartily of a twelve-o'clock lunch, I had worked so hard that I was faint from hunger.

? ? ? ? I pulled in the oars and bent forward to the line which held the tow. But Maud's hand leapt out restrainingly to mine.

? ? ? ? 'What are you going to do?' she asked in a strained, tense voice.

? ? ? ? 'Cast it off,' I answered, slipping a turn of the rope.

? ? ? ? But her fingers closed on mine.

? ? ? ? 'Please don't!' she begged.

? ? ? ? 'It is useless,' I answered. 'Here is night and the wind blowing us off the land.'

? ? ? ? 'But think, Humphrey. If we cannot sail away on the Ghost we may remain for years on the island- for life, even. If it has never been discovered all these years, it may never be discovered.'

? ? ? ? 'You forget the boat we found on the beach,' I reminded her.

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