Read this excerpt from "A Cub Pilot" from Mark

Twain's memoir, Life on the Mississippi.

Which line from the excerpt best supports the

idea that Twain is panicked?

"Then came the leadsman's

sepulchral cry:

I began to climb the wheel like a squirrel,

but I would hardly get the boat started to

port before I would see new dangers on

that side, and away I would spin to the

other, only to find perils accumulating to

starboard and be crazy to get to port

again. Then came the leadsman's

sepulchral cry:

"Deep four in a bottomless

crossing!"

" ... I would hardly get the boat

started to port before I would see

new dangers on that side ... "

"D-e-e-p four!"

"D-e-e-p four!"

Deep four in a bottomless crossing! The

terror of it took my breath away.

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Madelyn Jarvis

17 March, 21:33

Read this excerpt from "A Cub Pilot" from Mark

Twain's memoir, Life on the Mississippi.

Which line from the excerpt best supports the

idea that Twain is panicked?

"Then came the leadsman's

sepulchral cry:

I began to climb the wheel like a squirrel,

but I would hardly get the boat started to

port before I would see new dangers on

that side, and away I would spin to the

other, only to find perils accumulating to

starboard and be crazy to get to port

again. Then came the leadsman's

sepulchral cry:

"Deep four in a bottomless

crossing!"

" ... I would hardly get the boat

started to port before I would see

new dangers on that side ... "

"D-e-e-p four!"

"D-e-e-p four!"

Deep four in a bottomless crossing! The

terror of it took my breath away.

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Eric Brennan · Answer 1

"... I would hardly get the boat

started to port before I would see

new dangers on that side ... "

I'm not sure if this is right but yeah this is all I could think of

Baron · Answer 2

The line from the excerpt that best supports the idea that Twain is panicked is:

" ... I would hardly get the boat

started to port before I would see

new dangers on that side ... "

Explanation:

These lines represent panic since they are talking about the expectation of something terrible to happen, they foresee the tragedies that could happen to them, and how it says " ... I would hardly get the boat started to port before ... " shows that it is not only the knowledge of danger but also the impossibility to scape.