Category: Novels
Miss Vere was not only a clever woman, and a woman of the world, she was an excessively warm-hearted and generous woman,--one who, with a large mind, could take pleasure in little things, and especially if they gave pleasure to others. All this was plainly typified by the inte...
Miss Vere was not only a clever woman, and a woman of the world, she was an excessively warm-hearted and generous woman,--one who, with a large mind, could take pleasure in litt...
2. CHAPTER II.Godfrey Harland and Grace Vansittart were neither of them included in the amateur company that was to perform that evening on board the _Pandora_. Parts had been allotted to bot...
3. CHAPTER III.‘The worst thing I have to accuse myself of, with regard to you, Vernie, is that I deceived you on our first meeting, by letting you believe I was a widow. But I was frightened...
4. CHAPTER IV.The next morning the weather was damp and squally, the air close and depressing. There was a faint breeze from the westward, but the clouds, which at times obscured the sun and...
5. CHAPTER V.At this juncture the sailor, seeing breakers ahead, began to feel awkward, which he evinced by passing his cap from one hand to the other, and shuffling his feet about.
6. CHAPTER VI.He did not stir for some moments after she had disappeared. He was fearful lest the sailors on deck should suspect there was some connection between them if they quitted the pla...
7. CHAPTER VII.Maggie did as he desired her, in silence, and the two stood close together in the seclusion of the spare galley. The wind roared and howled outside, and lashed the waves into a...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The threatening aspect which the heavens had assumed, turned out to be nothing more after all than a violent squall, which caused the _Pandora_ to fly along at her topmost speed...
9. CHAPTER IX.‘You are right. I am a private detective, but no one knows the secret but Captain Robarts and yourself, and I should not have confided it to you, except I feel that, for your ow...
10. CHAPTER X.But of every one on board the _Pandora_ Godfrey Harland was in reality the most nervous and uncomfortable. He longed to be able to shut himself up in his own berth, and refuse s...
11. CHAPTER XI.During that night a gentle breeze rippled the bosom of the ocean, and the unhealthy mist, like a death-shroud hung over the face of the living, was slowly lifted, and passed awa...
12. CHAPTER XII.At four bells in the early watch at the break of the ensuing day, Captain Robarts was to be seen walking in company with his chief officer. The wind had continued to blow steadi...
13. CHAPTER XIII.‘This is disgraceful, gentlemen!’ exclaimed Dr Lennard; ‘and I am surprised at your so forgetting yourselves. If you do not cease fighting at once, you will compel me to call in...
14. CHAPTER XIV.In the midst of this terrible confusion, the starboard lifeboat of the _Pandora_ was taken from her chocks, and swung into the davit tackles. Six sailors jumped quickly into her...
15. CHAPTER XV.Once clear of the sinking vessel, and the spars that floated about her stern, the cutter went prosperously on her way, but the jolly-boat had not been so fortunate. Overladen by...