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London, Jack

"The Sea-Wolf"

She had now caught the bosom-breathing of the ocean, and was herself abreath with the rhythm of it as she smoothly mounted and slipped down each broad-backed wave. The day had been dull and overcast, but the sun now burst through the clouds, a welcome omen, and shone upon the curving beach where together we had dared the lords of the harem and slain the holluschickie. All Endeavor Island brightened under the sun. Even the grim southwestern promontory showed less grim, and here and there, where the sea-spray wet its surface, high lights flashed and dazzled in the sun.


? ? ? ? 'I shall always think of it with pride,' I said to Maud.


? ? ? ? She threw her head back in a queenly way, but sad, 'Dear, dear Endeavor Island! I shall always love it.'


? ? ? ? 'And I,' I said quickly.


? ? ? ? It seemed our eyes must meet in a great understanding, and yet, loath, they struggled away and did not meet.


? ? ? ? There was a silence I might almost call awkward, till I broke it, saying:


? ? ? ? 'See those black clouds to windward.


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Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) (page 61) The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island (page 101) The Universal Copyright Convention (1988) (page 36)