The Strand Magazine, Volume 65G. Newnes, 1923 |
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... close to them , the northward - running current would have brought the dinghy , some inexplicable sea- chance had drifted them from shore ; they were here , come to meet the man who had sought them for years - what a fatality ...
... close to them , the northward - running current would have brought the dinghy , some inexplicable sea- chance had drifted them from shore ; they were here , come to meet the man who had sought them for years - what a fatality ...
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... close to the ferns ; then he pointed to a diamond - trunked artu close to them on the left . A knife was sticking in the tree , left there by the banana- cutter -- till his return . Lestrange walked up close to the tree , glanced at the ...
... close to the ferns ; then he pointed to a diamond - trunked artu close to them on the left . A knife was sticking in the tree , left there by the banana- cutter -- till his return . Lestrange walked up close to the tree , glanced at the ...
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... close enough for him to catch it by the gunnel . He couldn't swim . Dick had pulled the scull in and was standing . showing no sign of fear , as the dinghy , which had twisted sideways a bit owing to his efforts with the scull , altered ...
... close enough for him to catch it by the gunnel . He couldn't swim . Dick had pulled the scull in and was standing . showing no sign of fear , as the dinghy , which had twisted sideways a bit owing to his efforts with the scull , altered ...
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... close to the bank . I've not time for talkin ' . " Dick shipped the tiller and steered whilst the other put all his strength into his stroke . They passed the little cape , nearly brushing the trees , and then down the long arm of the ...
... close to the bank . I've not time for talkin ' . " Dick shipped the tiller and steered whilst the other put all his strength into his stroke . They passed the little cape , nearly brushing the trees , and then down the long arm of the ...
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... close to him , she fascinated him . His passionate love of the sea , of the dinghy , of the little ships , of everything connected with the water , all lent colour to this strange new being who had come up out of the sea in that thing ...
... close to him , she fascinated him . His passionate love of the sea , of the dinghy , of the little ships , of everything connected with the water , all lent colour to this strange new being who had come up out of the sea in that thing ...
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