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    âi must confess, sam, i struggle to believe that this boat of yours is anything but a fiction.â
    âshould you want to characterize yourself, you want to characterize yourself. fine. i understand. go right ahead,â she tosses her hand, and cites the acquired colloquialism: âknock yourself out. but, sailing? sea mist? a â high sun's glitter sprinkled upon a gentler waveâs caress? the sam malone i know would never feel inclined toward something so tame.â











