enterprise of a declared love. On taking Miss Moorsom's hand he looked up, would have liked to say ...
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quartered on the dear excellent Dunsters for an indefinite time. And then there were the lectures h...
have a house in London and in the country, and entertain us all splendidly. She's so eminently fitt...
people to shout and dance. "You have him on the island - haven't you?" "Oh, yes: I have him there,...
this speech touched Renouard. It was but the simple anxiety of his heart that he was voicing when h...
over in her mind profound thoughts about that man sitting at her feet, his shoulders bowed a little...
They went on climbing steadily without exchanging another word; and when they stood on the top she ...
Decoyed by a mirage, he had gone too far - so far that there was no going back. His strength was at...
was really fakir-like and impressive. I began to wonder what could be the associations of that sort...
They held hard. An outburst of unchained fury, a vicious rush of the wind absolutely steadied the s...
together in the dark, and tons of water could be heard scuttling about as if trying to get at them ...
A sea swept over. Jukes understood the boatswain to splutter that the bridge ladders were gone. "I'...
slowly, rigid, cavernous, with the lower jaw dropping. Jukes had shut his eyes, and his face in a m...
the air oppressed Jukes. "We have done it, sir," he gasped. "Thought you would," said Captain MacW...
with rising vehemence. "Couldn't let that go on in my ship, if I knew she hadn't five minutes to li...