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asked Lulu . `` Very nearly , if not quite , '' he replied . `` Two of the attacking vessels presently withdrew , leaving the helpless _ Hermes _ behind ; she finally grounded upon a sand-bank , when Percy fired and abandoned her . Near midnight her magazine exploded . '' `` I should think that was a great victory ; was it not , Brother Levis ? '' queried Walter . `` I think it was , '' the captain said .