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Humph! Well?
Will you give us a hand ?" The most provoking part of it was that, if I had known who was in that rowboat, I could have avoided the encounter.

Ben Small could have gone to their rescue just as well as I.However, here I was, and here they were.

And I could not very well go away and leave them, under the circumstances.
Victor's patience was giving way.
"What are you waiting for ?" he demanded.