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" Meantime MeanUme Karen bal hs ha * * I"arnrd Iarnrd learned I"arnrdthat learnedthat learnrdthat " that both bolh Coll Coli Coil and Dick are In love rher wltb with wltbber withher ber her Dick nick revrili reveals rev all that lbal Karen 11 is lien not belr heir belren heirCII en CII al at all nil am as a . & ( barren &arrrtl arrrtl .areLi areLi . , Waterion Watenon Waterson li Is . aliveand alIveand alive alivend and nd on hit bla liii way w y to 10 Alakoa Dich Dick iick ) and andKaren a 011 011Karn Caren Karn Karen . , I leave Ieye av " iii the Ihe . Inland 1.land 1land lelad . toxether Ioltethr tocther . , and .ome ome some somedlitance * . .omedlltance or'Istance orIstance dlltance dlitance ' out Bnd Dnd flnd that Ihat I llua lIua a Dallvebou nativehouse native Dallve bou house . . , Ithl girl hal has .lowed lowed stewed . away In Ib the . boat boatDick boatDick Dick que.Uo queUo queetlaiu . , " her rellaretln regarsllng . ber her acUon actions actionsNow . Now continue with Ih the . .lory lory story . - I want to kr kl ki w h w you got onto ontomy ontomy ontomy my b tl it t Dicksllid Dicksaid Dick said sllid saidI sllidI I swam I [ ilua t ssed ased at him In Ina ina ina a quick almost c cc ccntemt < nteml ntemi ti 11 to us . as .IS IS de debhe deShe deShe bhe She went m rn ) n talklrg talkir g t ) Karer Kane , lev 1ev levelly 1evally levelly elly ally her face fsce quiet except t r the theflame theflame theflame flame In her hen eyes and her bodyQuiet bodyquiet body | Quiet miet exceot except f ( or ( r that easv easy uncon uncopI - - - scious IIclous cious sway swsy that balanced her to the the11ft thelift thelift 11ft lift of the seaYou seaYou sea seaYou You have n tiling thing to give him bun himLHua bunLilua himLilua LHua Lilua said in that InLJ.l InLJl incx in < .x x . . ( rable steady steadyvoice steadyvoice steadyvoice voice You can only think of ot posl posi posltion position positlon tion and land and m ney Would Wouldyou Wouldyou Wouldyou you want hJm him If It you hId h id first seen seenhim seenhim seenhim him sick and helpless and alone alone7You ? You know your eyes eyps would not have haveseen haveseen haveseen seen him at all al ! This is my man moan manIf moanIf manIf If he were dead dedd I 1 would rr IT u 1ke 'ike ike ' ' ke my mylIelt myBelf mySelf lIelt Belf d e Would you you7 you7Sudder ? Sudder ly Iy D L ) ck was ur or urnble able to tospeak tospeak tospeak speak He lIe st d weaponless wcaponlcss hun bun hunble bunble hunble ble and-with and with and - - with ut ai ar as y part cular re recourse recourse recourse course or h ) ipe ape pe Difllder Dlfl\dcr Dlfl dcr Diffider \ tly fly he turned turnedhis turnedhis turnedhis his eyes to KarenKaren KarenKaren Karen KarenKaren Karen Waterson had hlld gOIlt gout gon . < - pertect perfect pertectly perfectly perfectly ly whlte--whltlr whlte whltlr white-whtttr white whtttr white - - whitt.r whittr . tl U U.Jn UJn . an sea f t am whiter than the knit linen of the lit littIe littie littie tIe hat she wore Her IILr lIt.r lItr . mouth was wasoddly wasoddly wasoddly oddly distorted but her eyes were wereblank wereblank wereblank blank She bhe seemed t I ha have ve lost all allpower allpower allpower power of ot motion exactly exadly where she shestood shestood shestood stood Then the reel of the little littleship littleship littleship ship unbalanced her and by It Its . very veryunkindness veryunkindness veryunkindness unkindness seemed t return her thL flit thLgift flitgift lh lh.gift < .gift gift . gift of movement Karen turned turnedIJterally turnedliterally turnedliterally IJterally literally fled At the foot toot of the lad ladder ladder ladder der she abe flung Dick one irrational un unreadable unreadable unreadable readable glance then ran away awayfrom awayfrom awayfrom from them Into the upper night . . CIIAPTFR CSIAI'TFR CSIAITFR ' XI Xl XlDick ' LlIuaI I Dick Wayne wa was : left facing taclng LlIua Lilua LlIuaal Liluaal Liluaal al r i L . F fo or a moment Lilla Lilpa Lihja } G s a eyes eyesrl'ma eyesremained eyesremained rl'ma rlma remained ' Inl'd Inld ' fixed tlxt'd tlxtd ' upon the companion companionway companIonway companionway way where wht're whtre ' Karen had disappeared disappeared'iher disappearedIher 1 'iher iher ' hel h li r eyes turned to Dick and andf andI I f ram r a m no T 7 t 11 lJ ) t 0 they looked at elllh eath elllhlillr eatht eaihU lillr t ( tI tIt t < r lillrLil rLil rLii Lil Lii Lilu Lllu Dick said what whatt whatI I 1 ivt IVI y u 1 i Ie se > e to me me7 me7F ' ? F r n e br el ef e ( moment the sharp sharpspear sharpspear sharpspear spear 1 I kl ke k ( flames Oames in the eyes of Liluab LlluRL Liiuab LlluR Liiua L b Ok uke oke d wn wo she looked at Tonlia Tonga TonliaDick TongaDick TongaDick ( Dick ! i alhelically athetlcally athetically pitifully with r rodefense 0 o 0dl'tl'n odefense dl'tl'n dltln defense ' ' < ; e behind b'hmd bhmd ( ' her eyes no barriers barriersat at all allD D ck s a voice VUlce was cool definite as asa asa asa a strake Stop it you hear me inc meF incr mei F r rgct rget It-cut It cut it - cut it out outl outlThe ! ! The Thf " girl let the sway of the ship uhip shiptake uhiptake shiplake take her then She swayed against againstthe againstthe againstthe the d rway s stanchion and stayed stayedthere stayedthere stayedthere stayedthereDick there thereDIl'k thereIick Dick DIl'k DIlk Iick ) ' tl tck t ( k the ladder In long re reI re1 I 1 ' ctant l'tdnt ltdnt etant strides A glance told him himtI himtt himtl tI tt at Karea K iren Hen area was in the point pomt of the theb thebe theb b be v beIii vH vIII III H ( st at d da a minute by the swaying swayingn n i r n st at trying Irylng to gather himself1 hlmseltI himselfI hlmselt himself I t I w U tJ it a ii ly sy effect etfecL . Then he hev hev v , 5 ; . Ik Ok 1 t I f I rward to the rail whl whr whinK n nI I\ I l\ l \ . Ir lr \ r st 1 I Cll Cli Close se to her at t ti ! Upr I e ' er r I 1 I 1 te e drew her cll cli cl ( se cc against 1S l t 1 ss S I ! i ns as ly Iy and naturally it hn hI his ! 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Because ye y < ( u saNo < ; sa a d- d dNo d dNo - No Dick answertdI answerdI answeredI answerd answered , I ask you to turn ba'k bak back ba'k1m backI ( ' 1m I m itt n t going to put pul b ck At Atleast Atleast Atleast least not yet Not until y u co 7 T o e eto eto eto to your senses Kare IHe iHe i iHe He d dn t know why he 1 I t l Id I 1 er en erthat enthat erthat that The Impulse was jirk Jerk J . rk g at athim athim athim him t I do as she sht ' said and t I ke kp him himselt himself himself selt self seltv selfv v IIout 1out 11 II 1 out t < f t this thing f r rever never revert neverI t I t I back balk bark to John Cdt C < It and be berid berid bend rid f I I 1 r once and tor fur fun a all II ilL lit H . 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