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"Go?" she echoed

"Yes Don't go down the canon You'd be worse offTake the back

trail You've got a chance to get outGo!"

"Leave you here? So weak you can't lift a cup! I won't"

"I'd rather you did"

"Why?"

"Because in a few days I'll begin to row like--

myselfI think--I'm afraid I loved youIt could only be

hell for you Go now, before it's too late!If you stay--till I'o!"

"Kells, I believe it would be cowardly for me to leave you here

alone," she replied, earnestly "You can't help yourself You'd

die"

"All the better But I won't die I'm hard to kill Go, I tell you"

She shook her head "This is bad for you--arguing You're excited

Please be quiet"

"Joan Randle, if you stay--I'll halter you--keep you naked in a

cave--curse you--beat you--murder you! Oh, it's in me!Go, I tell

you!"

"You're out of your head Once for all--no!" she replied, firmly