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Gretel sank down upon the bed beside Geraldine, and began to cry.
"The boat's going," she sobbed; "we can't get off now. We've got to go all the way to Baltimore, and it's such a dreadful storm. Oh, it's awful! It's awful! " And poor little Gretel lifted up her voice and wailed.