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The whole way home these two chatted, and John Silence was as gentle and sympathetic as a woman. THE WHOLE WAY HOME THESE TWO CHATTED AND JOHN SILENCE WAS AS GENTLE AND SYMPATHETIC AS A WOMAN
or with what he had heard, I cannot say. In my surprise I let the tiller slip and the cutter gave a great plunge as she came sharply into the wind and flung us all together in a heap on the bottom. Sangree said nothing, but while he scrambled up and made the jib sheet fast my companion found a moment to add to his unfinished sentence the words, too low for any ear but mine— "Entirely unknown to himself, however." We righted the boat and laughed, and then Sangree produced the map and explained exactly where we were. Far away on the horizon, across an open stretch of water, lay a blue cluster of islands with our crescent-shaped home among them and the safe anchorage of the lagoon. An hour with this wind would get us there comfortably, and while Dr. Silence and Sangree fell into conversation, I sat and pondered over the strange suggestions that had just been put into my mind concerning the "Double," and the possible form it might assume when dissociated temporarily from the physical body. HER WITH WIND OR SUN OR WITH WHAT HE HAD HEARD I CANNOT SAY IN MY SURPRISE I LET THE TILLER SLIP AND THE CUTTER GAVE A GREAT PLUNGE AS SHE CAME SHARPLY INTO THE WIND AND FLUNG US ALL TOGETHER IN A HEAP ON THE BOTTOM SANGREE SAID NOTHING BUT WHILE HE SCRAMBLED UP AND MADE THE JIB SHEET FAST MY COMPANION FOUND A MOMENT TO ADD TO HISFINISHED SENTENCE THE WORDS TOO LOW FOR ANY EAR BUT MINE ENTIRELY UNKNOWN TO HIMSELF HOWEVER WE RIGHTED THE BOAT AND LAUGHED AND THEN SANGREE PRODUCED THE MAP AND EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE FAR AWAY ON THE HORIZON ACROSS AN OPEN STRETCH OF WATER LAY A BLUE CLUSTER OF ISLANDS WITH OUR CRESCENT SHAPED HOME AMONG THEM AND THE SAFE ANCHORAGE OF THE LAGOON AN HOUR WITH THIS WIND WOULD GET US THERE COMFORTABLY AND WHILE DOCTOR SILENCE AND SANGREE FELL INTO CONVERSATION I SAT AND PONDERED OVER THE STRANGE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAD JUST BEEN PUT INTO MY MIND CONCERNING THE DOUBLE AND THE POSSIBLE FORM IT MIGHT ASSUME WHEN DISSOCIATED TEMPORARILY FROM THE PHYSICAL BODY
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