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| 57 | 56 | "View more quotes about pull">Pull," I heard from the corsair vessel, and then, again, "Pull!" The two hulls, rocking in the sea, approached one another, more and more closely. |
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| 57 | 53 | Similarly, it cannot hold on a smooth flat surface. |
| 57 | 54 | In such applications it can do little more than slide and scratch. |
| 57 | 55 | The sides of the two vessels were coming closer and closer to one another. |
| 57 | 56 | "Pull," I heard from the corsair vessel, and then, again, "Pull!" The two hulls, rocking in the sea, approached one another, more and more closely. |
| 57 | 57 | The grapnel chains and ropes were taut. |
| 57 | 58 | Then, suddenly, there was a splintering of wood in several locations and the grapnels leaped backward with force, several even striking the corsair ship itself, others disappearing between the hulls, splashing into the water. |
| 57 | 59 | Simultaneously, strings of men who, behind shields, were hauling on the grapnel ropes, lost their balance and spilled backward onto the deck of the corsair. |