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Robert Louis Stevenson. The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables
The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables
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THE MERRY MEN
CHAPTER I. EILEAN AROS
CHAPTER II. WHAT THE WRECK HAD BROUGHT TO AROS
CHAPTER III. LAND AND SEA IN SANDAG BAY
CHAPTER IV. THE GALE
CHAPTER V. A MAN OUT OF THE SEA
WILL O’ THE MILL
CHAPTER I. THE PLAIN AND THE STARS
CHAPTER II. THE PARSON’S MARJORY
CHAPTER III. DEATH
MARKHEIM
THRAWN JANET
OLALLA
THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD
CHAPTER I. BY THE DYING MOUNTEBANK
CHAPTER II. MORNING TALK
CHAPTER III. THE ADOPTION
CHAPTER IV. THE EDUCATION OF A PHILOSOPHER
CHAPTER V. TREASURE TROVE
CHAPTER VI. A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, IN TWO PARTS
CHAPTER VII. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF DESPREZ
CHAPTER VIII. THE WAGES OF PHILOSOPHY
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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‘And you will find nae word of Aros Roost, maybe,’ objected Rorie, and his argument appeared to carry weight.
When dinner was over, my uncle carried me forth with him to a bank behind the house. It was a very hot and quiet afternoon; scarce a ripple anywhere upon the sea, nor any voice but the familiar voice of sheep and gulls; and perhaps in consequence of this repose in nature, my kinsman showed himself more rational and tranquil than before. He spoke evenly and almost cheerfully of my career, with every now and then a reference to the lost ship or the treasures it had brought to Aros. For my part, I listened to him in a sort of trance, gazing with all my heart on that remembered scene, and drinking gladly the sea-air and the smoke of peats that had been lit by Mary.
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