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WITH wind and sea behind her, it took all old Horn's skill to keep the fat-bowed boat from being swamped as they drove down towards the barque.
"I can't put her alongside in this sea," said the skipper to Torre, who was pulling the after oar; "she'll smash like a hegg-shell. I'll shove her round the bows an' try to get to leu'ard. An' then, it's a green lemon to a carriage factory as we don't fetch her never no more, amen!"