SENTENCE: alex had a huge lead , as usual , and it was n't long before he was so far ahead that the irishmen chasing him gave up the pursuit . when the other men in line , waiting to unload the ship , were turned away from the ship watching alex and his pursuers , two young women walked down the gangplank to depart from the ship . big mike had just climbed back up onto the pier out of the cold water and met them at the bottom of the
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