MacVickers wiped the sweat from his face and said, "I'm thirsty."

Pendleton pointed to a thing like a horse-trough against the bulkhead.

His eyes were tired and very sad. Loris was scowling at his stained and

faintly filmed feet.

There wasn't much water in the trough. What there was was brackish and

greasy. MacVickers drank and splashed some on his face and body. He saw

that he was already stained with the mud. It wouldn't wash off.

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