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"God keep you from the she-wolf, and from your heart's deep desire!"
My mother's words seemed to sound in my ears loudly, coming with the rush of wind that eddied around me out of the sail's belly. They gave me a queer start, as the thought came with them that here at last my heart's deep desire would be mine presently -- if only I could snatch it and keep it from the she-wolf of the sea.