“I think perhaps a kind of affection for each other had grown a little in both of us during the Captain’s absence. I was beginning to be quite fond of Liza, but it was still with the easily transferable affection of a child, and her affection may well have been an almost automatic response to my own and could have been cut off just as readily. But it was the Captain who occupied our thoughts and our conversation. ‘The Captain always says …’ ‘You know the Captain told me once that when he was a p...risoner …’ And yet it was not the same Captain that we had known who stood waiting outside the door. A Captain he might still be, but a tall bearded sea captain with no stick across his shoulder like a rifle, but a stick carried in his fist like a weapon against pirates. I gaped at him and didn’t move for a moment to let him in, and behind him beside the pavement was a car. A car! ‘Is that yours?’ I asked him. ‘Of course it’s mine,’ he snapped at me. ‘Where’s Liza? Is Liza all right?’ He pushed me aside and went down the stairs two at a time.MoreLessRead More Read Less
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: