Excerpt from The Feet of the Furtive Comparative quiet. On the crests of the tremendous rollers there was still wind enough to whip Off the foam, and to lash him disconcertingly; but in the vast, rocking valleys all was delicious peace. He manoeuvred cleverly to keep himself in this peace, while he rested and recovered himself from that strangling struggle in the vortex where the hulk had gone down. From time to time he drove himself head and shoulders above water, glancing about eagerly under the starlight to see if there ...
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Excerpt from The Feet of the Furtive Comparative quiet. On the crests of the tremendous rollers there was still wind enough to whip Off the foam, and to lash him disconcertingly; but in the vast, rocking valleys all was delicious peace. He manoeuvred cleverly to keep himself in this peace, while he rested and recovered himself from that strangling struggle in the vortex where the hulk had gone down. From time to time he drove himself head and shoulders above water, glancing about eagerly under the starlight to see if there were any others of the ship's company left alive. But thinking how hardly he himself, with all his strength and watercraft, and his forethought in stripping naked for the final or'deal, had won back to the air out Of that appalling vortex, he was not surprised to find himself alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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