CHAPTER LVIII The night was strangely solemn and still. In the small hours she whispered to him the whole story of how he had walked in his sleep with her in his arms across the Froom stream, at the...
Chapter III. The Wild Wood The Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen...
CHAPTER 7 "They do not sleep, On yonder cliffs, a grizzly band, I see them sit."--Gray "'Twould be neglecting a warning that is given for our good to lie hid any...
Chapter XVI "A Procession! A Procession!" I should wish to place upon record here our gratitude to all our friends upon the Amazon for the very great kindness and hospitality which...
Right now we’re between the equator and Fernando de Noronha, which is the first course mark of this leg. The equator notably marks the exit from the Doldrums zone, a complicated zone for the race and...
Chapter XXI. IT was after sun-up now, but we went right on and didn't tie up. The king and the duke turned out by and by looking pretty rusty; but after they'd jumped overboard and...
CHAPTER XXXVI The daylight came. I rose at dawn. I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave them...
CHAPTER II. The next morning the youth discovered that his tall comrade had been the fast-flying messenger of a mistake. There was much scoffing at the latter by those who had yesterday been firm...
-CHAPTER 33 'I was immensely touched: her youth, her ignorance, her pretty beauty, which had the simple charm and the delicate vigour of a wild-flower, her pathetic pleading, her helplessness,...
-CHAPTER 39 'All the events of that night have a great importance, since they brought about a situation which remained unchanged till Jim's return. Jim had been away in the interior...