Black Ivory - R. M. Ballantyne

That would not have been a pleasant announcement to the captain of the 'Aurora'at any time, but its unpleasantness was vastly increased by the fact that it greetedhim near the termination of what had been, up to that point of time, an exceedinglyprosperous voyage. "Are you sure, Davis?" asked the captain; "try again." He gave the order under the influence of that feeling which is styled "hopingagainst hope," and himself accompanied the ship's carpenter to see it obeyed. "Six feet two inches," was... Zobrazit více