under again but I could see the shore. There seemed to be another point
going out a long way ahead into the lake."Are you warm enough,
Cat?""I'm splendid. I'm a little stiff.""Bail out that water and you can
put your feet down."Then I rowed and listened to the oarlocks and the
dip and scrape of the bailing tin under the stern seat."Would you give
me the bailer?" I said. "I want a drink.""It's awful dirty.""That's all
right. I'll rinse it."I heard Catherine rinsing it over the side. Then
she handed it to me dipped full of water. I was thirsty after the brandy
and the water
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was icy cold, so cold it made my teeth ache. I looked toward
the shore. We were closer to the long point. There were lights in the
bay ahead."Thanks," I said and handed back the tin
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pail."You're ever so welcome," Catherine said. "There's much
more if you want it.""Don't you want to eat something?""No. I'll be
hungry in a little while. We'll save it till then.""All right."What
looked like a point ahead was a long high headland. I
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went further out in the lake to pass it. The lake was much
narrower now. The moon was out again and the guardia di finanza could
have seen our boat black on the water if they had been watching."How are
you, Cat?" I asked."I'm all right. Where are we?""I don't think we have
more than about eight miles more.""That's a long way to row, you poor
sweet. Aren't you dead?""No. I'm all right. My hands are sore is all."We
went on up the lake. There was a break in the mountains on the right
bank, a flattening-out with a low shore line that I thought must be
Cannobio. I stayed a long way out because it was from now on that we ran
the
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most danger of meeting guardia. There was a high dome-capped
mountain on the other shore a way ahead. I was tired. It was no great
distance to row but when you were out of condition it had been a long
way. I knew I had to pass that mountain and go up the lake at least five
miles further before we would be in Swiss water. The moon was almost
down now but before it went down the sky clouded over again and it was
very dark. I stayed well out in the
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lake, rowing awhile, then resting and holding the oars so that the wind struck the
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blades."Let me row awhile," Catherine said."I don't think you
ought to.""Nonsense. It would be good for me. It would keep me from
being too stiff.""I don't think you should, Cat.""Nonsense. Rowing in
moderation is very good for the pregnant lady.""All right, you row a
little moderately. I'll go back, then you come up. Hold on to both
gunwales when you come up."I sat in the stern with my coat on and the
collar turned up and watched Catherine row. She rowed very well but the
oars were too long and bothered her. I opened the bag and ate a couple
of sandwiches and took a drink of the brandy. It made everything much
better and I took another drink."
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