 There was something to be done, and he felt he would have to do it. It was expected of him. The seas expected it; the land expected it. Men also. The story of war and of suffering; Jaffir's display of fidelity, the sight of Hassim and his sister, the...  The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows - Page 87by Joseph Conrad - 1920 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Conrad - 1925 - 494 pages
...eyelids. And when day came, the ship was nowhere to be seen, and in the stockade where the day before there were a hundred or more at our mercy, there was...the sight of Hassim and his sister, the night, the tempcoast under streams of fire — all this made one inspiring manifestation of a life calling to... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 494 pages
...there was no one. The chief, Hassim, was gone, and the lady who was a princess in the country—and nobody knows what became of them from that day to...the night, the tempest, the coast under streams of fire—all this made one inspiring manifestation of a life calling to him distinctly for interference.... | |
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