Several tugs have been persuasively nudging the Clan Macgregor out from her<br />pier. Beside the towering flanks of the sea-monster, most recent and biggest<br />of her species, they regarded absurdly insufficient to the job. But they<br />made up for his or her insignificance with the aid of using self-vital and fussy puffings<br />and pipings, while, like an elephant harried with the aid of using terriers, the extensive mass<br />slowly swung outward in the direction of the open. From the pier there arose a<br />composite clamor of farewell.