The roar of the surface grows louder every hour. Think of that
lovely form being out in those black angry waves, darted at and
preyed upon by horrible slimy monsters. Oh, it fairly makes my
flesh creep!"
"And mine too," he said with a strong gesture of disgust;
"especially when I remember that I should have kept her company,
for of course I could not return without her. I confess that when
at first I could not find her I was fairly sick at the thought of
her fate. But remember how uncalled for it all was--quite as much
so as that poor Will Munson is on his way to die with the yellow
fever, like enough."
"Jack," said his cousin, affectionately, laying her hand on his
arm, "blessings on your courage to-day! If what might have
happened so easily had occurred, I could never have looked upon
the sea again without a shudder. I should have been tormented by a
horrible memory all my life. It was brave and noble--"
"Oh, hush!" he said angrily. "I won't hear another word about it
even from you. I'm not brave and noble. I went because I was
compelled to go; I hated to go.
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