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| 8 | 697 | View more quotes about sometimes">Sometimes the stroke, by the hortator or an officer, is called from amidships, even softly. |
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| 8 | 694 | At a second stroke on the drum, with the other mallet, the oars moved. |
| 8 | 695 | Almost at the same time we heard, from across the water, a similar sound from the approaching ship. |
| 8 | 696 | They had not used the drum until now, perhaps hoping that their presence had not yet been discovered. |
| 8 | 697 | Sometimes the stroke, by the hortator or an officer, is called from amidships, even softly. |
| 8 | 698 | "We will now," said the keeper, "seem to flee". |
| 8 | 699 | "The stranger gains upon us," I said. |
| 8 | 700 | The ship moved beneath my feet, oddly. |