本书摘录:
Persons Of The Story
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Sir Joseph Graybrooke. . . . . . . . . .(Knight)
Richard Turlington . . . . (Of the Levant Trade)
Launcelot Linzie . .(Of the College of Surgeons)
James Dicas. . . . . .(Of the Roll of Attorneys)
Thomas Wildfang. . . . . .(Superannuated Seaman)
Miss Graybrooke. . . . . . (Sir Joseph‘s Sister)
Natalie. . . . . . . . . (Sir Joseph‘s Daughter)
Lady Winwood . . . . . . . .(Sir Joseph‘s Niece)
Amelia} Sophia}. (Lady Winwood‘s Stepdaughter‘s)
and Dorothea}
Period: THE PRESENT TIME. Place: ENGLAND. _
Scene 1. At Sea
_ FIRST SCENE.
At Sea.
The night had come to an end. The new-born day waited for its quickening light in the silence that is never known on land--the silence before sunrise, in a calm at sea.
Not a breath came from the dead air. Not a ripple stirred on the motionless water. Nothing changed but the softly-growing light; n
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