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`` Go on ! '' cried Rafferty . '' 'T is true , '' retorted Von Rotterdaam . `` And if at noon to-morrow you will cut away enough of the ship 's bottom to let yourselves through the hole , with a rope tied about you so that you can be hauled back again , it will be yours . '' `` Blame good pay for a shwim , '' said Sullivan . `` A million phwat -- pounds or francs , sorr ? They 's some difference betune the two . ''