I reckon that's why you war so FAR OFF and
DISTANT at first."
Mr. Hemmingway thought this very witty, and said so. "But," he added,
"when I was a little nearer a moment ago, you stopped me."
"But you was moving faster than the shanty was. I reckon you don't take
that gait with your lady friends at Sacramento! However, you kin talk
now."
"But you forget I don't know 'where we are,' nor 'what's going to
happen.'"
"But I do," she said quietly. "In a couple of hours we'll be picked up,
so you'll be free again."
Something in the confidence of her manner made him go to the door again
and look out. There was scarcely any current now, and the cabin seemed
motionless. Even the wind, which might have acted upon it, was
wanting. They were apparently in the same position as before, but his
sounding-line showed that the water was slightly falling. He came back
and imparted the fact with a certain confidence born of her previous
praise of his knowledge. To his surprise she only laughed and said
lazily, "We'll be all right, and you'll be free, in about two hours.
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