П’ятнадцятирічний капітан

A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           IfHarrishadnotgoneastrayandheaffirmeditwithouthesitationtheFarmofSanFelicewasnomorethantwentymilesfromthehaltingplaceofthatday.Beforeforty-eighthoursthelittletroopthenwouldhaveacomfortableshelterwhereitsmemberscouldatlastreposefromtheirfatigues.

           Meanwhile,thoughtheplateauhadbeenalmostentirelycrossedinitsmiddlepart,notanative,notawandererhadbeenencounteredundertheimmenseforest.

           Morethanonce,withoutsayinganythingaboutit,DickSandregrettedbeingunabletogoashoreonsomeotherpointofthecoast.Moretothesouth,ormoretothenorth,villages,hamlets,orplantationswouldnothavebeenlacking,andlongbeforethisMrs.Weldonandhercompanionswouldhavefoundanasylum.

           But,ifthecountryseemedtobeabandonedbyman,animalsshowedthemselvesmorefrequentlyduringtheselastdays.Attimeswasheardakindoflong,plaintivecry,thatHarrisattributedtosomeofthoselargetardi-grades,habitualdenizensofthosevastwoodedregions,named"ais."

           Onthatday,also,duringthemiddayhalt,ahissingpassedthroughtheair,whichmadeMrs.Weldonveryuneasy,becauseitwassostrange.

           "Whatisthat?"’sheasked,risinghastily.

           "Aserpent!"criedDickSand,whogun,inhand,threwhimselfbefore

           Mrs.Weldon.

           Theymightfear,infact,thatsomereptilewouldglideamongtheplantstothehaltingplace.Itwouldbenothingastonishingifitwereoneofthoseenormous"sucurus,"kindsofboas,whichsometimesmeasurefortyfeetinlength.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 204 з 464