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"Build me straight, O worthy master! / Staunch and strong a goodly vessel / That shall laugh at all disaster, / And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. " / -- LONGFELLOW.
There was a dreary sough in the wind that night, as it blew cold and damp over the dull grey sea.