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THE coracle--as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her--was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a sea- way; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage. As he opened the door the cross-grained greyhound poked out her sharp muzzle from under the sofa, and barked and snapped at him. He was a cross-grained man, oppressed by a large family, and he resented the superciliousness which he fancied he saw in Philip. |
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