The Bride of the Sun

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Гастон Леру. The Bride of the Sun

BOOK I—THE GOLDEN SUN BRACELET

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BOOK II—THE LIVING PAST

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BOOK III—THE TRAIL OF THE PONCHOS

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BOOK IV—THE DICTATOR

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BOOK V—THE HOUSE OF THE SERPENT

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BOOK VI—THE TEMPLE OF DEATH

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EPILOGUE

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As the liner steamed into Callao Roads, and long before it had anchored, it was surrounded by a flotilla of small boats. A moment later, deck, saloons and cabins were invaded by a host of gesticulating and strong-minded boatmen, whose badges attested that they were duly licensed to carry off what passengers and luggage they could. They raged impotently, however, round Francis Montgomery, F.R.S., who sat enthroned on a pile of securely locked boxes in which were stored his cherished manuscripts and books.

It was in vain that they told him it would be two full hours before the ship came alongside the Darsena dock. Nothing would part him from his treasures, nothing induce him to allow these half-crazed foreigners to hurl his precious luggage overside into those frail-looking skiffs.

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They were now standing on the quay, while the liner gradually swung in.

“Oh, are they at it here as well? We found one on in Venezuela, and then another at Guayaquil. The city was under martial law, and some general or other who had been in power for about forty-eight hours was preparing to march on Quito and wipe out the government.”

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