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Bones claimed that she was dustproof, waterproof, and torpedo-proof, and Hamilton had voiced his regret that she was not also fool-proof. At five o'clock the next morning, when the world was all big hot stars and shadows, and there was no sound but the whisper of the running river and the "ha-a-a-a--ha-a-a-a"
Bones behauptete felsenfest, daß sein Schiff staub- und wasserdicht sei und auch von Torpedos nicht in die Luft gesprengt werden könne. Am nächsten Morgen trat Bones um fünf Uhr aus seiner Hütte. Die Sterne glänzten noch am Himmel, die ganze Welt lag in tiefer Dunkelheit, der Strom rauschte, und die Brandung des Meeres tönte herüber.
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