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`` I saw you were going on the rocks , and I shouted and made signs for you to keep off . '' `` You certainly did all you could for us , both before and after the accident , '' added Mr. Sherwood . `` When did you get home , Lawry ? '' `` To-day noon , just after you went to the house for me . I came right up to see you ; but I found you had gone . '' `` Yes ; I was so impatient to get that little steamer up here , that I could n't wait any longer . '' `` And what a waste your haste has made ! ''