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Only when all was done , I did feel very weakened and shaky , and my gorge rising at the look of my jerkin , all filthy with clotted blood , I tore it off and cast it in the sea , as also did Dawson ; and so , to turn our thoughts -LRB- after washing of our hands and cleaning our feet -RRB- , we looked over the side , and agreed that we were no lower than we were , but rather higher for having lightened our burden . But no sail anywhere on the wide sea to add to our comfort . Going into the cabin , we found that our dear Moll had fallen into a sleep , but was yet very feverish , as we could see by her frequent turning , her sudden starts , and the dreamy , vacant look in her eyes , when she opened them and begged for water . We would not add to Mr. Godwin 's trouble by telling him of ours -LRB- our minds being still restless with apprehensions of the leak -RRB- , but searching about , and discovering two small , dry loaves , we gave him one , and took the other to divide betwixt us , Dawson and I. And truly we needed this refreshment -LRB- as our feeble , shaking limbs testified -RRB- , after all our exertions of the night and day -LRB- it being now high noon -RRB- , having eaten nothing since supper the night before . But , famished as we were , we must needs steal to the side and look over to mark where the water rose ; and neither of us dared say the hull was no lower , for we perceived full well it had sunk somewhat in the last hour . Jack took a bite of his loaf , and offered me the rest , saying he had no stomach for food ; but I could not eat my own , and so we thrust the bread in our breeches pockets and set to work , heaving everything overboard that might lighten us , and for ever a-straining our eyes to sight a ship . Then we set to devising means to make the sheet cling over the damaged planks , but to little purpose , and so Dawson essayed to get at it from the inside by going below , but the water was risen so high there was no room between it and the deck to breathe , and so again to wedging the canvas in from the outside till the sun sank .