The Shadow-Line (2015)
“His eyes looked at me very wide and still. In one hand he held a dinner plate, in the other a cloth.
“I am your new captain,” I said quietly.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, he had got rid of the plate and the cloth and jumped to open the cabin door. As soon as I passed into the saloon he vanished, but only to reappear instantly, buttoning up a jacket he had put on with the swiftness of a “quick-change” artist.
“Where’s the chief mate?” I asked.
“In the hold, I think, s...ir. I saw him go down the after-hatch ten minutes ago.”
“Tell him I am on board.”
The mahogany table under the skylight shone in the twilight like a dark pool of water. The sideboard, surmounted by a wide looking-glass in an ormolu frame, had a marble top. It bore a pair of silver-plated lamps and some other pieces—obviously a harbour display. The saloon itself was panelled in two kinds of wood in the excellent simple taste prevailing when the ship was built.MoreLess
“I am your new captain,” I said quietly.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, he had got rid of the plate and the cloth and jumped to open the cabin door. As soon as I passed into the saloon he vanished, but only to reappear instantly, buttoning up a jacket he had put on with the swiftness of a “quick-change” artist.
“Where’s the chief mate?” I asked.
“In the hold, I think, s...ir. I saw him go down the after-hatch ten minutes ago.”
“Tell him I am on board.”
The mahogany table under the skylight shone in the twilight like a dark pool of water. The sideboard, surmounted by a wide looking-glass in an ormolu frame, had a marble top. It bore a pair of silver-plated lamps and some other pieces—obviously a harbour display. The saloon itself was panelled in two kinds of wood in the excellent simple taste prevailing when the ship was built.MoreLess
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