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He ordered me to tinker it up enough to get it to the shop . I went at it and when it would go , I started You can imagine the clip I was going , and the thing went to pieces . I do n't know yet how it comes that I saved my skin . I 'm pretty badly knocked out , but I 'll get there by noon if it 's a possible thing . '' `` Oh , that 's all right , '' said Linda , fervently hoping that the ache in her throat would not tincture her voice . It was half-past eleven when Donald came . Linda could not bring herself to give up the sea that day .