Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


"Shove out its bow," he commanded. "That's right. I don't want to
break my centerboard. . . . An' then jump aboard in the
stern--quick!--alongside of me."


She obeyed, stepping in lightly beside him. He held the tiller up
with his elbow, pulled in on the sheet, and as the sail filled
the boat sprang away over the rippling water.


"You know boats," the boy said approvingly.

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Part of a series of experiments in web preservation under the direction of Michael L. Nelson, Ph.D.