Loud creaks could be heard as the links of the chain untwisted and the derricks turned on their rusty pintles. [Please select]
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A consoling wave lapped the empty pintles and gave the decaying craft a caress by the element whose mistress she so long had been. [Please select]
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Now and again a heavy sea would hit the rudder with a force that threatened to tear it from its pintles, solidly though it was contrived. [Please select]
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