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Of what followed iuely

that the ship rolled and had a serious list to starboard, that orders

were being hoarsely shouted fro

fitfully, that the sea was black and choppy; I also see of a hymn somewhere on the forward deck I suppose I knew

that I existed But that was all I had no exact knowledge of what I

There was a hiatus in my consciousness of myself

The proof of this is that, after a lapse of tih a cigarette, and that I

was at the bows of the steans I could not

explain under what circumstances I had moved from one end of the ship

to the other, nor how I had coarette Such is the

curious effect of perturbation

But the perturbation had now passed from me, just as mysteriously as

it had overtaken me I was cool and calm I felt inquisitive, and I

asked several people what had happened But none seemed to know In

fact, they scarcely heard e that anything could have occurred on so s common property Yet so it

was, and those who have been in an accident at sea will support ers of the

events actually in progress is not the least astounding nor the least