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Just think of the wrecks that to-night will be shattered;—
And think, too, what corpses will drive ashore!

Peer.

Lord save us!

The Passenger.

              Have ever you seen a man strangled,
Or hanged,—or drowned?

Peer.

                        This is going too far——!

The Passenger.

The corpses all laugh. But their laughter is forced;
And the most part are found to have bitten their tongues.

Peer.

Hold off from me——!

The Passenger.

                      Only one question, pray!
If we, for example, should strike on a rock,
And sink in the darkness——

Peer.

                             You think there is danger?

The Passenger.

I really don't know what I ought to say.
But suppose, now, I float and you go to the bottom——

Peer.

Oh, rubbish——