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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Misplaced In life, I know not what I could hare been, but feel I am not what I should bo? let It end. Glad enough was I to find the quiet and domestic character of my vessel restored. Lucy had vanished as soon as it was proper, but, agreeably to her request, I got the sloop's head down-stream, and began our return passage, without even thinking of putting a foot on the then unknown land of Albany. Marble was too much accustomed to submit without inquiry to the movements of the vessel he was in to raise any objections, and the Wallingford, her boat in tow, was soon turning down with the tide, aided by a light westerly wind, on her homeward course. This change kept all on deck so busy, that it was some little time ere I saw Lucy again. When we did meet, however, I found her sad, and full of apprehension. Grace had evidently been deeply hurt by Rupert's deportment. The effect on her frame was such, that it was desirable to let her be as little disturbed as possible. Lucy hoped she might fall asleep, for, like an infant, her exhausted physical powers sought relief in this resource, almost as often as the state of her mind would permit. Her existence, although I did not then know it, was like that of the flame which flickers in the air, and which is endangered by the slightest increase of the current to which the lamp may be exposed. We succeeded in getting across the Overslaugh without touching, and had got down among the islands below Cocjiman's, when we were met by the new flood. The wind dying away to a calm, we were compelled to select a berth, and anchor. As soon as we were snug, I sought an interview with Lucy, but the dear girl sent me word by Chloe that Grace was dozing, and that she could not see me just at that moment, as her presence in the cabin ..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217955225 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217955223 |
| Weight | 1.09 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 In |
| List Price | $24.02 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 334 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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