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They steamed slowly past the Statue of Liberty, early in the afternoon a few days later. Jacob and his young companion were leaning over the rail, watching the great, tangled city slowly define itself through a shroud of mist.
"One good thing about this voyage," the latter remarked sympathetically, "it's taken your mind off yourself -- made you forget your troubles, in a kind of way."