The Blue Lagoon: a romance by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
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taking him further and further from the boats that he was never
destined to sight again. CHAPTER VI DAWN ON A WIDE, WIDE SEA "Is it aslape I've been?" said Mr Button, suddenly awaking with a start. He had shipped his oars just for a minute's rest. He must have slept for hours, for now, behold, a warm, gentle wind was blowing, the moon was shining, and the fog was gone. "Is it dhraming I've been?" continued the awakened one. "Where am I at all, at all? O musha! sure, here I am. O wirra! wirra! I dreamt I'd gone aslape on the main-hatch and the ship was blown up with powther, and it's all come true." "Mr Button!" came a small voice from the stern-sheets (Emmeline's). "What is it, honey?" "Where are we now?" "Sure, we're afloat on the say, acushla; where else would we be?" |
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