Excerpt from Tregarthen Hall, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel There is no help for it, he said, we must run for it, or fight the frigate. She won't let me get back; she is to windward of me, and to cross her bows would be destruction. If this breeze lasts, said his lieutenant, we shall be in Ireland in a few hours. Just so, said Merlin depend upon it, their course is Bantry Bay, and they will drive me before them, to keep me from telling tales. It was now quite clear Why one frigate had been singled out her sailing qualities were ...
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Excerpt from Tregarthen Hall, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel There is no help for it, he said, we must run for it, or fight the frigate. She won't let me get back; she is to windward of me, and to cross her bows would be destruction. If this breeze lasts, said his lieutenant, we shall be in Ireland in a few hours. Just so, said Merlin depend upon it, their course is Bantry Bay, and they will drive me before them, to keep me from telling tales. It was now quite clear Why one frigate had been singled out her sailing qualities were of a very high order, and but for the increasing Wind and heavy seas - conditions most favourable for the Sylvia, ' for she was a rough weather boat, and well she might be, for the coast she protected she would have been very soon overtaken, be cause light winds and smooth seas for the frigate capable of spreading so' much canvas, in royals and square lofty sails, necessarily caused her to glide through the smooth water at a great Speed. Merlin devoutly prayed for wind and seas, and at this time of the year it was probable that his prayer would not be disregarded. Great heavy clouds came rolling: up from the west, causing the billows to rise very high. 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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