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I did n't know whether to divide the chocolate into five pieces or ten , -- they 'd have been pretty small , if I 'd had to have made it last for ten days . Do you think it would have kept me alive for ten days , Captain ? '' `` I du n no , '' replied the Captain , `` but I guess yer would n't have stayed there so long as that . There 'll be six foot of water on that bar before noon , so yer would n't have found the settin ' quite so comfortable . Besides , some of them sharks of yours might have et yer . '' `` Well , then , '' the young man returned , `` it was lucky you came when you did . The water was crowding me rather close .