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"I am present," said Mrs. Noah. "Though why I ever came I don't know, for I vowed the minute I set my foot on Ararat that dry land was good enough for me, and that I'd never step aboard another boat as long as I lived. If, however, now that I am here, I can give you the benefit of my nautical experience, you are all perfectly welcome to it." "I'm sure we're very much obliged for the offer," said Portia, "but in the emergency which has arisen we cannot say how much obliged we are until we know what your experience amounted to. I AM PRESENT SAID MISSUS NOAH THOUGH WHY I EVER CAME I DON'T KNOW FOR I BOWED THE MINUTE I SET MY FOOT ON ERRAT THAT DRY LAND WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME BUT I'D NEVER STEP ABOARD ANOTHER BOAT AS LONG AS I LIVED IF HOWEVER NOW THAT I AM HERE I CAN GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF MY NAUTICAL EXPERIENCE YOU ARE ALL PERFECTLY WELCOME TO IT I'M SURE WE'RE VERY MUCH OBLIGED FOR THE OFFER SAID PORTIA BUT IN THE EMERGENCY WHICH HAS ARISEN WE CANNOT SAY HOW MUCH OBLIGED WE ARE UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE AMOUNTED TO
iresome. You couldn’t do anything with an axe. Suppose you had one. What earthly good would it do you, who were accustomed to doing all your killing by proxy? I don’t believe, if you had the unmannerly person who slammed the door in your face lying prostrate upon the billiard-table here, you could hit him a square blow in the neck if you had a hundred axes. Delilah might as well cry for her scissors, for all the good it would do us in our predicament. If Cleopatra had her asp with her it might be more to the purpose. One deadly little snake like that let loose on the upper deck would doubtless drive these boors into the sea, and even then our condition would not be bettered, for there isn’t any of us that can sail a boat. There isn’t an old salt among us.” “Too bad Mrs. Lot isn’t along,” giggled Marguerite de Valois, whose Gallic spirits were by no means overshadowed by the unhappy predicament in which she found herself. “I’m here,” piped up Mrs. Lot. “But I’m not that kind of a salt.” AND I MUST SAY IT'S GETTING TIRESOME YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH AN AXE SUPPOSE YOU HAD ONE WHAT EARTHLY GOOD WOULD IT DO YOU WHO WERE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING ALL YOUR KILLING BY PROXY I DON'T BELIEVE IF YOU HAD THE UNMANNERLY PERSON WHO SLAMMED THE DOOR IN YOUR FACE LYING PROSTRATE UPON THE BILLIARD TABLE HERE YOU COULD HIT HIM A SQUARE BLOW IN THE NECK IF YOU HAD A HUNDRED AXES DELILA MIGHT AS WELL CRY FOR HER SCISSORS FOR ALL THE GOOD IT WOULD DO US IN OUR PREDICAMENT IF CLEOPATRA HAD HER ASP WITH HER IT MIGHT BE MORE TO THE PURPOSE ONE DEADLY LITTLE SNAKE LIKE THAT LET LOOSE ON THE UPPER DECK WOULD DOUBTLESS DRIVE THESE BOARS INTO THE SEA AND EVEN THEN OUR CONDITION WOULD NOT BE BETTER FOR THERE ISN'T ANY OF US THAT CAN SAIL A BOAT THERE ISN'T AN OLD SALT AMONG US TOO BAD MISSUS LOT ISN'T ALONG GIGGLED MARGUERITE DE VALOIS WHOSE GALLIC SPIRITS WERE BY NO MEANS OVERSHADOWED BY THE UNHAPPY PREDICAMENT IN WHICH SHE FOUND HERSELF I'M HERE PIPED UP MISSUS LOT BUT I'M NOT THAT KIND OF SALT
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