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and, though you'd never guess it, I've been three ribs short of the regular complement ever since.
"Oh, I had no complaint coming.

Think of the others in that car--all dead.

Unfortunately, I was riding on a pass, and so could not sue the railroad company.

But here I am, the only man who ever dived ninety feet into eighteen inches of water and lived to tell the tale .-- Steward, if you don't mind replenishing my glass.