The Icy Hand (2011)
“A lot has happened since I saw you yesterday.”
That afternoon, Stanley and Daisy were sitting in the front room, looking over the harbor. Stanley was desperate to explain the whole scenario with the pike and Admiral Swift that morning. The fire was roaring away as they sat by the window and small drifts of white had gathered at the corners of the windowpanes.
But Daisy was distracted. Her wide eyes steered past him and over his shoulder, back toward the fire. She pointed wordlessly.
Stanley tur...ned around and there in front of the crackling, spitting flames stood Admiral Swift.
The spirit walked over to the window, gave a huge grin, and shook Stanley’s hand. Then for the first time, he spoke.
“Thank you, Stanley. I owe you a great deal for what you have done for me. It is good to meet you at long last, and I am sorry you are landed in this terrible mess. You have already shown more bravery than I have seen in any seafaring man.”
The Admiral’s voice was deep, and what Stanley’s mother would have called posh.MoreLess
That afternoon, Stanley and Daisy were sitting in the front room, looking over the harbor. Stanley was desperate to explain the whole scenario with the pike and Admiral Swift that morning. The fire was roaring away as they sat by the window and small drifts of white had gathered at the corners of the windowpanes.
But Daisy was distracted. Her wide eyes steered past him and over his shoulder, back toward the fire. She pointed wordlessly.
Stanley tur...ned around and there in front of the crackling, spitting flames stood Admiral Swift.
The spirit walked over to the window, gave a huge grin, and shook Stanley’s hand. Then for the first time, he spoke.
“Thank you, Stanley. I owe you a great deal for what you have done for me. It is good to meet you at long last, and I am sorry you are landed in this terrible mess. You have already shown more bravery than I have seen in any seafaring man.”
The Admiral’s voice was deep, and what Stanley’s mother would have called posh.MoreLess
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