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Page 56
... hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a quite guileless man with a strong dislike for the ad- miral's blundering a dislike that all the seamen shared — and for people of the Topnambo ...
... hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a quite guileless man with a strong dislike for the ad- miral's blundering a dislike that all the seamen shared — and for people of the Topnambo ...
Page 57
... hear the tale . " There was a certain amount of sense in what he said . If war- rants were out against me , he or some of the Kingston merchants whom he knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal ...
... hear the tale . " There was a certain amount of sense in what he said . If war- rants were out against me , he or some of the Kingston merchants whom he knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal ...
Page 81
... hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other ...
... hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other ...
Page 83
... hear the likes of it , Mercer ? I shouldn't think he was telling us a parcel of lies ; hey , Mercer ? " And the two grotesque little chaps stood nodding their heads at me sagaciously . He's a desperate character , then , " said Mercer ...
... hear the likes of it , Mercer ? I shouldn't think he was telling us a parcel of lies ; hey , Mercer ? " And the two grotesque little chaps stood nodding their heads at me sagaciously . He's a desperate character , then , " said Mercer ...
Page 87
... hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward. . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk you ! We seenk you ! By God ...
... hear little Mercer shrieking out orders forward. . We were shortening sail . The schooner , luffing a little , ranged abreast . A hail like a metal blare came out of her . " If you donn'd heef - to we seenk you ! We seenk you ! By God ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...