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? ? ? ? 'I remember only one part of the service,' I said, 'and that is, "And the body shall be cast into the sea."'
? ? ? ? Maud looked at me, surprised and shocked; but the spirit of something I had seen before was strong upon me, impelling me to give service to Wolf Larsen as Wolf Larsen had once given service to another man. I lifted the end of the hatch-cover, and the canvas-shrouded body slipped feet first into the sea. The weight of iron dragged it down. It was gone.
? ? ? ? 'Good-by, Lucifer, proud spirit!' Maud whispered so low that it was drowned by the shouting of the wind; but I saw the movement of her lips, and knew.
? ? ? ? As we clung to the lee rail and worked our way aft, I happened to glance to leeward. The Ghost, at the moment, was uptossed on a sea, and I caught a clear view of a small steamship two or three miles away, rolling and pitching head on to the sea as it steamed toward us.
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