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{"chunk":122,"story":9,"summary":"A man wakes up thirsty in a cramped, reeking bunk, with a stranger's face swearing at him, and cannot tell where he is.","predicament":"A man wakes up somewhere strange with no idea how he got there."},
{"chunk":123,"story":9,"summary":"He realises he is on a ship, dressed in rags; he finds his friend among the sleepers and learns the ship's name.","predicament":"A man in an unknown place looks for his one companion and a first clue to how they came to be there."},
{"chunk":124,"story":9,"summary":"Seasick and far from land, he goes aft and demands to be taken home; the officer calls him mad and orders him forward.","predicament":"A man who has always been obeyed tries to give orders somewhere nobody knows or believes who he is."},
{"chunk":125,"story":9,"summary":"His friend tries to threaten legal consequences but is too sick to finish; the two bicker over which of them was drunk.","predicament":"Two people in trouble together try to put on a united front and end up blaming each other."},
{"chunk":126,"story":9,"summary":"The captain says they signed on as cook and seaman, calls them drunk impostors, and threatens jail; they are put to work.","predicament":"Two people who claim to be respected professionals are treated as impostors and forced to do menial work."},
{"chunk":127,"story":9,"summary":"The crew mocks their claims of being drugged and of sobriety; their airs make the officers dislike them all the more.","predicament":"People brought low insist on their old status, and are mocked for it by those around them."},
{"chunk":128,"story":9,"summary":"The captain humiliates the cook; the cook obeys, tidies the cabin, and comes back with a secret smile and something in his pocket, telling his friend it won't be for long.","predicament":"A humiliated man pretends to submit while he quietly prepares his revenge."},
{"chunk":129,"story":9,"summary":"The captain is struck with violent pains; the cook refuses to treat him, as he 'only shipped as cook', until he agrees to pay a professional fee.","predicament":"A man mocked for claiming skill is suddenly needed for it, and names his price."},
{"chunk":130,"story":9,"summary":"The cook prescribes, collects his fee, scares the captain about making a will, and has the mate sent out for snuffling.","predicament":"A man who has gained the upper hand over those who humiliated him enjoys every moment of it."},
{"chunk":131,"story":9,"summary":"The cook hints he dosed the food from the medicine chest; the mate falls ill too, and the cook demands to be treated as surgeon.","predicament":"A man who has secretly caused the trouble only he can cure makes the most of it."},
{"chunk":132,"story":9,"summary":"The mate haggles over the fee; the second officer falls ill too; the sick captain scolds the sick mate for being ill at all.","predicament":"A man who swore he would never pay the person he scorned is forced by suffering to haggle with him."},
{"chunk":133,"story":9,"summary":"The cook treats and weakens all three officers; the captain and mate pay the other man to draw up their wills; they recover slowly as they reach port.","predicament":"People who scorned two outsiders now depend on them completely, and pay for the privilege."},
{"chunk":134,"story":9,"summary":"Ashore, the cook tells the captain he ate something that disagreed with him, and leaves with a wave.","predicament":"A man who got even with his tormentors leaves them knowing they were had."}
]