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THAT night it blew half a gale. Secure in a sheltered berth the Sea Scouts could make light of the elements, thankful that they were not "caught out" in the open sea.
At about one o'clock in the morning, Peter was roused by the _Thetis_ grinding against the piles of the stage close to which she was moored. Evidently her quarter-warp had dragged the kedge.