Vulgar words in The Castaways (Page 1)
This book at a glance
|
~ ~ ~ Sentence 168 ~ ~ ~
By the arrival of tiffin-time we had drawn far enough down the river to be just meeting the first of the sea knocked up by the strong breeze, and I noticed that already a few of the seats at table that had been occupied at breakfast-time were vacant--among them that of Lady O'Brien--but my left-hand neighbour exhibited a thoroughly healthy appetite--due in part, probably, to her long promenade on deck in the wind and the rain.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 728 ~ ~ ~
At length--probably about two o'clock in the morning--it breezed up so fiercely, and knocked up such a sea that I dared not run the boat any longer, so, watching my chance, I put the helm down and hove-to on the larboard tack, with the boat's head to the northward, and anxiously awaited the coming of daylight.
~ ~ ~ Sentence 933 ~ ~ ~
Of course there was no more sleep for me that night, for when at length the squall had blown itself out it left behind it a strong northerly breeze that very soon knocked up a sea, heavy enough to make me ardently wish for daylight and the opportunity to shorten sail.