The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy CruiseLitres, 2022 M05 15 |
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... Suddenly it was two days before sailing. Then it was the day before sailing. Then it was sailing day! Perhaps it was the hurry and stress of those last days; perhaps it is the feeling natural to such a proximity. I do not know. But I do ...
... Suddenly it was two days before sailing. Then it was the day before sailing. Then it was sailing day! Perhaps it was the hurry and stress of those last days; perhaps it is the feeling natural to such a proximity. I do not know. But I do ...
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... suddenly to send one's friends ashore. There is no chance to carry off somebody – somebody you would enjoy having along. They blow that thing until it shivers the very marrow of one's soul. How the visitors do crowd ashore! A word – a ...
... suddenly to send one's friends ashore. There is no chance to carry off somebody – somebody you would enjoy having along. They blow that thing until it shivers the very marrow of one's soul. How the visitors do crowd ashore! A word – a ...
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... the mist, and a sudden drift of snow have swept between. I have lost the direction – I don't know where to look any more. It is all over – we are off – we are going out to sea! II IN THE TRACK OF THE INNOCENTS We are through.
... the mist, and a sudden drift of snow have swept between. I have lost the direction – I don't know where to look any more. It is all over – we are off – we are going out to sea! II IN THE TRACK OF THE INNOCENTS We are through.
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... suddenly very far away. We had become a little world all to ourselves – most of us strangers to one another, but thrown in a narrow compass here and likely to remain associates for weeks, even months. What a big, jolly picnic it was ...
... suddenly very far away. We had become a little world all to ourselves – most of us strangers to one another, but thrown in a narrow compass here and likely to remain associates for weeks, even months. What a big, jolly picnic it was ...
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... suddenly set out in a long, slow, upward slide for the moon, I knew that her displacement was all that is claimed for it, and I prepared for the worst; so did Laura, and started for her stateroom suddenly... Later: I don't know how many ...
... suddenly set out in a long, slow, upward slide for the moon, I knew that her displacement was all that is claimed for it, and I prepared for the worst; so did Laura, and started for her stateroom suddenly... Later: I don't know how many ...
Contents
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