SENTENCE: but i very much did mind the fact that the lighthouse below us looked like it was being completely swamped by the waves . even if we did manage to make it off the staircase and onto the path that appeared lead to the door , i really did n't know how we would withstand the battering of the waves below . the wind and storm had whipped up the waves into such a frenzy that they were pounding against the heavy-looking wall that ran around the path leading up to the
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