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Chapter 1

           ButpresentlyIlookedovermyshoulder,andsawhimgoingonagaintowardstheriver,stillhugginghimselfinbotharms,andpickinghiswaywithhissorefeetamongthegreatstonesdroppedintothemarsheshereandthere,forstepping-placeswhentherainswereheavyorthetidewasin.

           Themarsheswerejustalongblackhorizontallinethen,asIstoppedtolookafterhim;andtheriverwasjustanotherhorizontalline,notnearlysobroadnoryetsoblack;andtheskywasjustarowoflongangryredlinesanddenseblacklinesintermixed.OntheedgeoftheriverIcouldfaintlymakeouttheonlytwoblackthingsinalltheprospectthatseemedtobestandingupright;oneofthesewasthebeaconbywhichthesailorssteeredlikeanunhoopedcaskuponapoleanuglythingwhenyouwerenearit;theother,agibbet,withsomechainshangingtoitwhichhadonceheldapirate.Themanwaslimpingontowardsthislatter,asifhewerethepiratecometolife,andcomedown,andgoingbacktohookhimselfupagain.ItgavemeaterribleturnwhenIthoughtso;andasIsawthecattleliftingtheirheadstogazeafterhim,Iwonderedwhethertheythoughtsotoo.Ilookedallroundforthehorribleyoungman,andcouldseenosignsofhim.ButnowIwasfrightenedagain,andranhomewithoutstopping.

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