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"Joey!" he said suddenly, his thoughts reverting to a chance remark made

to hithere was a difficulty about the insurance?"

Joey gave it up, but he cocked his ears and looked towards the door

Christobal entered

"Boyle will recover," he said, when he had wiped the spray off his face

"He had a narrow escape; the knife just grazed the spinal cord The

shock to the dorsal nerves induced temporary paralysis, and that rather

misled me He is much better now Under ordinary conditions he would be

able to get about in a few days As it is, he will probably live as long

as any of us"

Christobal waved a hand towards the external void He was not sailor

enough to realize the change in the weather

"That is good news," said Courtenay

"I thought you would like to kno are things up here?"

"Better The barometer has risen an inch in less than two hours

Possibly, nearness to the land has so"

"You surprise ht What is the position? Of course, we must hit the South