Naval Occasions, and Some Traits of the Sailor-man

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Bartimeus. Naval Occasions, and Some Traits of the Sailor-man

Naval Occasions, and Some Traits of the Sailor-man

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Bartimeus

Published by Good Press, 2020

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The boy nodded and turned again to the sea. His young face had hardened, and the colour had gone out of his lips. The other, thrice blessed in the knowledge of how much sympathy unmans, and how much strengthens to endure, laid a steadying hand on the square shoulder presented to him. "He died fighting, remember," said this man of peace.

The Clerk nodded again, and gripped the hand-rail harder. "He always was the lucky one, sir." He adjusted his glasses thoughtfully, and went below to where, in the electric-lit office, the ship's Ledger was awaiting him.

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