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The schooner was as clean as a new pin, and the instruments as wellkept as on a
man-o-war. He had madea niche for himself in the world, but it had been a
chilly niche. For he had arrived at a provisional assessment ofthe man.
There
was that in Leithens face which made Taverner pause andlaugh.
Atthe sight of
them the man fled, and Johnny had some troublerounding him up.
A few weeks ago
I was told that I had about a year to live.
Atthe sight of them the man fled,
and Johnny had some troublerounding him up.
Looking back, herealised that he
had seen before the bluff which cut the view ofthe St.
He found himself in a
mood almost of regret.
Ive been ill, as you see, and itwill depend on my
health. I have a guest room, though it is as small as theProphets Chamber of
the Scriptures. The two men had not flown to the Ghost River. Now his memory
was clearer,for he remembered this place in exact detail. No woman had ever
felt like that about him; he had neverfelt like that about any woman.
Buther
sister offered an exposed front to fortune. Once there had been asettlement
here which years ago had been abandoned. He simply was notconcerned about other
things. Atthe sight of them the man fled, and Johnny had some troublerounding
him up. And then in thevalley bottom, grass meadows and an elegant river.
Still, he wasgrateful for a momentary comfort, and he found that he wanted
tostretch his legs.
His eyes were different too,wilder, less assured, less
benevolent.
How valuable was that thing for which he was bartering all
thatremained to him of life?
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