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"You had a narrow squeak that time," said Dory Dornwood, as soon as he thought the victim of the disaster was in condition to do a little talking. "It is lucky you didn't get tangled up in the rigging of your boat. She went to the bottom like a pound of carpet-tacks; and she would have carried you down in a hurry if you hadn't let go in short metre."
"I think I am remarkably fortunate in being among the living at this moment," replied the stranger, looking out over the stern of the Goldwing. "That was the most atrocious thing a fellow ever did."