"[...]pronunciation, the only one she knew. The captain declined to say whether they were near it or not, as it was a place he had never heard of. "The next landing is War-wick," he announced, impersonally, pronouncing the name according to its spelling. "So near?" said Miss Bruce, rising. "No hurry. Ain't there yet." And so it proved. A moon rose, and with it a mist. The Altamaha, ceasing her nosing progress through the little channels, turned sharply eastward, and seemed suddenly to have entered the ocean, for great waves ...
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"[...]pronunciation, the only one she knew. The captain declined to say whether they were near it or not, as it was a place he had never heard of. "The next landing is War-wick," he announced, impersonally, pronouncing the name according to its spelling. "So near?" said Miss Bruce, rising. "No hurry. Ain't there yet." And so it proved. A moon rose, and with it a mist. The Altamaha, ceasing her nosing progress through the little channels, turned sharply eastward, and seemed suddenly to have entered the ocean, for great waves began to toss her and knock her about with more and more violence, until at [...]."
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