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Opnun hurðar varpaði ílöngri birtu yfir framdekk vélbáts, sem aprílrigning trommaði hratt eða hægt við, þar sem óvissan vindur kom í skjótum vindhviðum eða hvessti. Þegar lýsingin ferðaðist framhjá skvetta þilfari, kom út bryggju og vörugeymslu og hægur straumur sem ýtti og þyrlaðist upp við hrúgana á bryggjunni lengra niður, virtust úfið höfuð tveggja drengja vera útlistað á móti roðnum dyrunum. Á svipstundu rödd þeirra skera í gegnum vindinn og rigninguna. „Jule? Ó, Jule! " einn þeirra hrópaði. „Síðasta símtalið í aðalskálanum, ungi maðurinn!" bætti hinu við. Það var ekkert svar, svo strákarnir, eftir að hafa hlustað augnablik á dúndrandi rigningu, kvörtun árinnar, hrókur borgarinnar sem lá allt í kringum þá, lokuðu dyrunum og framkölluðu áhrifin fyrir utan að eyða þilfari og bryggju, vöruhúsinu og ánni, eins og þau hefðu aldrei verið til. „Jule verður bleytt og verður kalt!" beitti þriðju röddinni þegar dyrnar lokuðust. „Að auki, þar sem hann var á verði, ætti hann aldrei að hafa yfirgefið bátinn!" Einn af strákunum sem höfðu staðið í dyragættinni þurrkaði rigninguna af andliti hans þegar hann hlustaði og glotti til annars. „Engin þörf á að hafa passa við það, jafnvel þó að Jule fari í bleyti," sagði hann. „En hann verður ekki blautur," bætti hann við, alfarið í þágu þess sem hafði nöldrað, „hann verður kominn aftur eftir eina mínútu eins þurra og pund af dufti." „Hvernig ætlar hann að komast í gegnum allt það," með sveiflu á handleggnum að hurðinni, „án þess að blotna? Ég býst við að þú haldir að hann muni geta forðast dropana! " „Engu að síður, hvað gagn er að því að verða hann blautur og veikur í huga okkar?" skera í annan, góðlátlega. „Það hjálpar engum. Meirihluti þeirrar miklu heppni sem við höfum haft undanfarið náði okkur aldrei - nema í huga okkar! "
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