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Then
I
did
the
same
for
Conseil
,
and
we
continued
to
swim
near
to
each
other
.
Nevertheless
,
our
situation
was
no
less
terrible
.
Perhaps
our
disappearance
had
not
been
noticed
;
and
,
if
it
had
been
,
the
frigate
could
not
tack
,
being
without
its
helm
.
Conseil
argued
on
this
supposition
,
and
laid
his
plans
accordingly
.
This
quiet
boy
was
perfectly
self-possessed
.
We
then
decided
that
,
as
our
only
chance
of
safety
was
being
picked
up
by
the
Abraham
Lincoln
's
boats
,
we
ought
to
manage
so
as
to
wait
for
them
as
long
as
possible
.
I
resolved
then
to
husband
our
strength
,
so
that
both
should
not
be
exhausted
at
the
same
time
;
and
this
is
how
we
managed
:
while
one
of
us
lay
on
our
back
,
quite
still
,
with
arms
crossed
,
and
legs
stretched
out
,
the
other
would
swim
and
push
the
other
on
in
front
.
This
towing
business
did
not
last
more
than
ten
minutes
each
;
and
relieving
each
other
thus
,
we
could
swim
on
for
some
hours
,
perhaps
till
day-break
.
Poor
chance
!
but
hope
is
so
firmly
rooted
in
the
heart
of
man
!
Moreover
,
there
were
two
of
us
.
Indeed
I
declare
-LRB-
though
it
may
seem
improbable
-RRB-
if
I
sought
to
destroy
all
hope
--
if
I
wished
to
despair
,
I
could
not
.
The
collision
of
the
frigate
with
the
cetacean
had
occurred
about
eleven
o’clock
in
the
evening
before
.
I
reckoned
then
we
should
have
eight
hours
to
swim
before
sunrise
,
an
operation
quite
practicable
if
we
relieved
each
other
.
The
sea
,
very
calm
,
was
in
our
favour
.
Sometimes
I
tried
to
pierce
the
intense
darkness
that
was
only
dispelled
by
the
phosphorescence
caused
by
our
movements
.
I
watched
the
luminous
waves
that
broke
over
my
hand
,
whose
mirror-like
surface
was
spotted
with
silvery
rings
.
One
might
have
said
that
we
were
in
a
bath
of
quicksilver
.
Near
one
o’clock
in
the
morning
,
I
was
seized
with
dreadful
fatigue
.
My
limbs
stiffened
under
the
strain
of
violent
cramp
.
Conseil
was
obliged
to
keep
me
up
,
and
our
preservation
devolved
on
him
alone
.
I
heard
the
poor
boy
pant
;
his
breathing
became
short
and
hurried
.
I
found
that
he
could
not
keep
up
much
longer
.
"
Leave
me
!
leave
me
!
"
I
said
to
him
.
"
Leave
my
master
?
Never
!
"
replied
he
.
"
I
would
drown
first
.
"
Just
then
the
moon
appeared
through
the
fringes
of
a
thick
cloud
that
the
wind
was
driving
to
the
east
.
The
surface
of
the
sea
glittered
with
its
rays
.
This
kindly
light
reanimated
us
.
My
head
got
better
again
.
I
looked
at
all
points
of
the
horizon
.
I
saw
the
frigate
!
She
was
five
miles
from
us
,
and
looked
like
a
dark
mass
,
hardly
discernible
.
But
no
boats
!
I
would
have
cried
out
.
But
what
good
would
it
have
been
at
such
a
distance
!
My
swollen
lips
could
utter
no
sounds
.
Conseil
could
articulate
some
words
,
and
I
heard
him
repeat
at
intervals
,
"
Help
!
help
!
"
Our
movements
were
suspended
for
an
instant
;
we
listened
.
It
might
be
only
a
singing
in
the
ear
,
but
it
seemed
to
me
as
if
a
cry
answered
the
cry
from
Conseil
.
"
Did
you
hear
?
"
I
murmured
.
