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Any two boats might have done the same in the circumstances . We have to accept defeat and that 's all there is to it . '' Calvert looked at his watch . `` It is near noon ; if you all feel as I do you would welcome a good dinner . '' `` That 's the most sensible sense that I 've heerd since we started , '' remarked Mike , who was as hungry as his companions . `` It is not a long run to Wiscasset , '' said Alvin ; `` and there 's more than one good hotel there . '' `` I 'm thinking that at the speed ye 're going , we 'll hardly arrive in time for supper .