Таинственный остров

           Ayrtonisindebtedtohimasmuchasweare,for,ifitwasthestrangerwhosavedmefromthewavesafterthefallfromtheballoon,evidentlyitwashewhowrotethedocument,whoplacedthebottleinthechannel,andwhohasmadeknowntousthesituationofourcompanion.Iwilladdthatitwashewhoguidedthatchest,providedwitheverythingwewanted,andstrandeditonFlotsamPoint;thatitwashewholightedthatfireontheheightsoftheisland,whichpermittedyoutoland;thatitwashewhofiredthatbulletfoundinthebodyofthepeccary;thatitwashewhoplungedthattorpedointothechannel,whichdestroyedthebrig;inaword,thatallthoseinexplicableevents,forwhichwecouldnotassignareason,areduetothismysteriousbeing.Therefore,whoeverhemaybe,whethershipwrecked,orexiledonourisland,weshallbeungrateful,ifwethinkourselvesfreedfromgratitudetowardshim.Wehavecontractedadebt,andIhopethatweshallonedaypayit."

           "Youarerightinspeakingthus,mydearCyrus,"repliedGideonSpilett."Yes,thereisanalmostall-powerfulbeing,hiddeninsomepartoftheisland,andwhoseinfluencehasbeensingularlyusefultoourcolony.Iwilladdthattheunknownappearstopossessmeansofactionwhichborderonthesupernatural,ifintheeventsofpracticallifethesupernaturalwererecognizable.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 573 из 764