Louis L'amour
“A man could say it was none of his affair, but how many would suffer until somebody did make it his business?
Maverick was patient. “You know nothing of the Indies,” he said. “It is a different world than this, and it is nothing like Virginia or the Carolinas. It is a place of pirates, cutthroats, and sharp businessmen. And how would you go about finding one girl? A girl who is probably kept from sight?”
I did not know. All I knew of the Indies was hearsay, and not much of that, yet the more I ...thought of it, the more I decided that this I must do.
Yance was quiet, and that was unusual for him. Despite his flamboyance, Yance’s thinking was sound, and he could see, even as I could, the problems involved. In the first place, there were many islands, and to which one had she gone? Had she survived the trip? Many people died aboard ship and were buried at sea, for the life was rough at best, the food poor, and many a tough sailor man failed to survive a voyage.
Jamaica, Hispaniola, Grenada, Cuba, Martinique, the names themselves were enchanting.MoreLess
Maverick was patient. “You know nothing of the Indies,” he said. “It is a different world than this, and it is nothing like Virginia or the Carolinas. It is a place of pirates, cutthroats, and sharp businessmen. And how would you go about finding one girl? A girl who is probably kept from sight?”
I did not know. All I knew of the Indies was hearsay, and not much of that, yet the more I ...thought of it, the more I decided that this I must do.
Yance was quiet, and that was unusual for him. Despite his flamboyance, Yance’s thinking was sound, and he could see, even as I could, the problems involved. In the first place, there were many islands, and to which one had she gone? Had she survived the trip? Many people died aboard ship and were buried at sea, for the life was rough at best, the food poor, and many a tough sailor man failed to survive a voyage.
Jamaica, Hispaniola, Grenada, Cuba, Martinique, the names themselves were enchanting.MoreLess
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