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           ItfinallyturnedouttobeBillyBibbitandHardingandGeorge,whowouldn’twearoneanywayonaccountofthedirt.EverybodywaskindofsurprisedthatBillyhadvolunteered,tookhislifejacketoffrightawaywhenwefoundwewereshort,andhelpedthegirlintoit,buteverybodywasevenmoresurprisedthatMcMurphyhadn’tinsistedthathebeoneoftheheroes;allduringthefusshe’dstoodwithhisbackagainstthecabin,bracingagainstthepitchoftheboat,andwatchedtheguyswithoutsayingaword.Justgrinningandwatching.

           Wehitthebaranddroppedintoacanyonofwater,thebowoftheboatpointingupthehissingcrestofthewavegoingbeforeus,andthereardowninthetroughintheshadowofthewaveloomingbehindus,andeverybodyinthebackhangingontherailandlookingfromthemountainthatchasedbehindtothestreamingblackrocksofthejettyfortyfeettotheleft,toGeorgeatthewheel.Hestoodtherelikeamast.Hekeptturninghisheadfromthefronttotheback,gunningthethrottle,easingoff,gunningagain,holdingussteadyridingtheuphillslantofthatwaveinfront.He’dtoldusbeforewestartedtherunthatifwewentoverthatcrestinfront,we’dsurfboardoutofcontrolassoonasthepropandrudderbrokewater,andifwesloweddowntowherethatwavebehindcaughtupitwouldbreakoverthesternanddumptentonsofwaterintotheboat.Nobodyjokedorsaidanythingfunnyaboutthewayhekeptturninghisheadbackandforthlikeitwasmountedupthereonaswivel.