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You would be fifty yards from shore all the time when you ought to be within fifty feet of it. I didn't have one. Exclamations of alarm and concern arose, especially from the newcomers. Let it all go in, every word, Goodman answered.

Two black-robed women bearing jars on their heads descended the bank toward the river. Emerson had turned over and was muttering to himself. He was becoming sensitive to references to that particular goddess. If there had been anydisagreement it vanished instantly with that misfortune.