Cast Up by the Sea

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Macmillan and Company, 1869 - 419 páginas

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Página 166 - Saying which, she left the room and locked the door behind her. Leontine now hurried her preparations, while the day passed wearily away to those who were awaiting the hour of their deliverance. Paul and Dick Stone counted the hours as the neighboring church clock struck heavily on the bell. "We shall run to the cove in twelve hours," said Paul, "if this breeze lasts; it's blowing a gale out at sea, and the 'Polly' '11 fly like a witch on a broomstick.
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