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laughed the one addressed . `` Why , I reckon we could have heard you shout ; and if that failed there was the fire . Oh , I do n't doubt we 'd have found some way to get back here , all in good time ! '' By ten o'clock the sky had cleared again , so that they concluded to keep to the original plan , which included a night ashore . George was seen to pay particular attention about fastening his boat to the others with an extra cable . `` He 's meaning to make things secure , '' chuckled Josh . `` Yes , one experience is quite enough for George , sometimes , '' commented Herb .