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A Lady's Captivity Among Chinese Pirates
Amelia B. Edwards
其他書名
(Amelia B Edwards Masterpiece Collection)
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014-05-23
主題Fiction / General
ISBN14996643039781499664300
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8V_6oAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In the year 1852, on a fine spring morning, I arrived in Havre with my eldest sister, who was going, on commercial matters, to California. We spent several days in Havre; and on the 30th of May, being Whitsunday, we embarked on board the little French schooner called the "Independence," the captain whereof engaged to touch at Rio for food and water. Besides the captain, the master, and the crew, our vessel carried eighteen passengers, all of whom were going to seek their fortunes in California. The weather was superb, and our captain took advantage of a favourable breeze to set sail. The quay was crowded with spectators, and it was not without some dismay that we overheard their observations on the size of our schooner. "Never," said they, "can such a boat double Cape Horn. The least puff of wind must swamp a nutshell like that!" It is easy to conceive the impression which opinions such as these were calculated to produce on two inexperienced Parisiennes, who, like my sister and myself, were travelling for the first time. We looked hesitatingly in each others faces; but it was too late. The time for hesitation was gone by.