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"Yonder breaks the dawn, Hector!"
"Aye, lad, and 'tis an unco' inspirin' sicht tae watch the sun rise abune this weary waste o' waters like the speerit o' life. 'Tis mony a sunrise I've watched syne I was a wee bit laddie. an' 'tis nae wonder 'twas worshipped by the ancients as a god. See, yonder he comes, a flamin' majesty! Could ony human mind conceive anything sae glorious, sae deevine, sae -- Ten thousand deevils! Look yonder! Ahoy, Sharkie-Sharkie man!"