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      The majority caught at it as a drowning man catches at a straw.    
        
      Being in that condition in which a drowning man catches at a straw, our bore sent for Jilkins.    
        
      I know what you must think of me, how even you, my son, must despise me, but as a drowning man catches at a straw, I sent for you, hoping that you would in mercy pity me and help me."