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Page 57
... woman's on board . " His face fell . But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " 66 They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would ...
... woman's on board . " His face fell . But there , you'll get round her . I'll see you through . " 66 They drank some sangaree and became noisy . I wasn't very happy ; there was much truth in what David Macdonald had said . Topnambo would ...
Page 61
... woman And to marry that— that excellent personage , my good cousin . It is a tragedy . " " It was a very good match , " I answered . He sighed again . " My uncle is asleep in there , now , " he said , after a pause , pointing at the ...
... woman And to marry that— that excellent personage , my good cousin . It is a tragedy . " " It was a very good match , " I answered . He sighed again . " My uncle is asleep in there , now , " he said , after a pause , pointing at the ...
Page 77
... woman , that moved rigidly up and down , was silhouetted over my body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the ...
... woman , that moved rigidly up and down , was silhouetted over my body . Groaning creaks of wood and the faint swish of water made themselves heard continuously . I turned my head to a click , I saw a door open a little way , and the ...
Page 86
... woman began to shriek on the other side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he ...
... woman began to shriek on the other side of the bulk- head , then another woman somewhere else , then the little girl . I hurried on deck , but it was minutes before I could make things fit together . I saw Major Cowper on the poop ; he ...
Page 87
... woman's face disappeared into the hood of the companion like a rabbit's tail into its burrow . There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails , and the ship came to . At the same time the schooner , now on our beam and stripped ...
... woman's face disappeared into the hood of the companion like a rabbit's tail into its burrow . There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails , and the ship came to . At the same time the schooner , now on our beam and stripped ...
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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...