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The Stowaway Girl
Louis Tracy
The Stowaway Girl
Louis Tracy
Book Excerpt: breezy, an' we can 'ave a quiet confab without bein' bothered. Now, I reelly sent for you to-day to tell you I mean to better the supplies this trip--Yes, honest Injun!"--for the Andromeda's skipper had clutched the cigar out of his mouth with the expression of a man who vows to heaven that he cannot believe his ears--"I'm goin' to bung in an extry 'undred to-morrow in the way of stores. Funny, isn't it?""Funny! It's a meracle!"Though not altogether gratified by this whole-hearted agreement with his own views, Verity was too anxious to keep his hearer on the present tack to resent any implied slur on his earlier efforts as a caterer."It's nothing to wot I'd do if I could afford it," he added graciously. "But, as you said, let's look at the fax. Wot chance 'as an iron ship, built twenty years ago, at a cost of sixteen pound a ton, ag'in a steel ship of to-day, at seven pound a ton, with twiced the cargo space, an' three feet less draught? W'y no earthly. We're dished every way. Read More
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 9 kwietnia 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9798735098065 |
Wydawcy | Independently Published |
Strony | 118 |
Wymiary | 127 × 203 × 6 mm · 122 g |
Język | English |
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