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Such a tranquil three days on the Mississippi, which was as an autumn flood, and revealed himself as indeed King of Waters! Such delightful three days in hospitable New Orleans! Might it not be possible to tarry even here? "No," cried the inexorable George. "We have put our hand to the plough. Who will turn back? " Two days of abject wretchedness on the Gulf of Mexico. "Why were we born? Why did we not die before we left solid land? " And then the light-house at Vera Cruz.
"Lo, land! and all was well."