[The Wing-and-Wing by J. Fenimore Cooper]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wing-and-Wing CHAPTER VII 19/22
But you see how it is, Ghita; the zephyr has done blowing, and it now seems as if every fan of Italy had gone to sleep.
You can depend on our sailing the instant it shall be in our power.
At need, we will use the sweeps." "I will then see my uncle and mention to him that there is a vessel about to sail, in which we had better embark.
Is it not odd, Raoul, that he is profoundly ignorant of your being in the bay? He gets more and more lost to things around him every day, and I do believe he does not recollect that you command an enemy's vessel half the time." "Let him trust to me; he shall never have occasion to know it, Ghita." "We are assured of that, Raoul.
The generous manner in which you interposed to save us from the corsair of the Algerines, which began our acquaintance, and for which we shall always have occasion to bless you, has made peace between you and _us_ for ever.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|