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Jung! " Captain Davis glowered down at him. "Trying to desert the Franklin?"
"No, sir! I. we.," Manjiro stammered. "You promised that if we got close enough I could make a try for home. Don't you remember? Let me have a whaleboat, Captain. " He glanced over his shoulder at the receding fishing fleet. If only he could go now, so he could follow them! "I can row from here," he begged.