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As a heavy fog surrounds the ship, injured sailor Yank lies convulsing in pain in a cabin bunk. His friend and colleague, Driscoll, is by his side. As Yank sees the blackness coming towards him, the two men agree that a life spent on the seas holds little pleasure or fulfillment. After a life spent running, Yank now faces the potential nothingness that follows and he questions his own mortality.
Note: Driscoll speaks with a heavy Irish accent and the text is written reflect this.
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DRISCOLL. (trying to conceal his anaiety) Didn't I tell you you wasn’t half as sick as you thought you was? The Captain’ll have you out on deck cursin’ and swearin’ loike a trooper before the week is out.
YANK. Don’t lie, Drisc. I heard what he said, ‘and if I didn’t I c’d tell by the way I feel. I know what’s goin’ to happen. I’m goin’ to
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