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138 "He was perfectly right. We have been driven to and fro, in the most extraordinary manner, if any thing that happens in a tempest can be called so, and no power on earth could possibly help us. We had such bad weather in the Mediterranean, it fairly wore out my good captain, and scarcely had we left Corunna, when it re-commenced; our excellent Lieutenant Maxwell, and many a brave fellow besides, have been its victims." "A drop of water, your honour; the doctor says it's your share." "This is a comfort; Frederic, you brought it, of course; 'tis a strange colour, but very welcome." "No, your honour; it was the fisherman's wife handed up her husband's water-cask and a bottle o' beer, so we puts 'em together." "If I live to land, I'll give that woman a kiss, if she's as ugly as Hecate," said Arthur, setting down the glass with the air of one exceedingly refreshed; it was the first moment in which he had appeared to resemble himself at all, and Lord Meersbrook seized it to say, "You have never inquired after Georgiana?" "How could I even dare to think of her, with death staring me in the face, as he has long done, knowing, too, as I must, that although I have the good wishes of the rest of the family, the mother will