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-LSB- Illustration : ` She is walking along now . ' -RSB- `` She is walking along now , '' Ryan said joyously . `` I had no idea that sailing was as jolly as it is . '' They sped along all day and , before noon , had passed Bilbao . As the afternoon wore on the wind increased in force , and the clouds began to pass rapidly overhead , from the southeast . `` We had better get her in to the shore , '' Terence said . `` Even with this scrap of sail , we keep on taking the water in on that lower side .