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| 9 | 690 | Some seconds View more quotes about later">later, three or four, sinking, the cage grated on sand, at the bottom of the river, near the pilings of the wharf. |
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| 9 | 687 | Metal, it sunk swiftly. |
| 9 | 688 | I, its occupant, could do nothing to alter its descent. |
| 9 | 689 | The cold waters of the river plunged through the bars, and swirled about me, and then, as I tried to rear up, and lift my head, as I could, it swirled about my head, and over my head. |
| 9 | 690 | Some seconds later, three or four, sinking, the cage grated on sand, at the bottom of the river, near the pilings of the wharf. |
| 9 | 691 | My eyes stung. |
| 9 | 692 | I felt grit in my mouth, doubtless from where the bottom had been disturbed by the impact of the sinking cage. |
| 9 | 693 | I fought, frenziedly, the desire to breathe. |