[Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant]@TWC D-Link bookPierre and Jean CHAPTER IX 21/24
There she goes.
Bravo! She is between the piers! Do you hear the crowd shouting? Bravo! The Neptune has her in tow.
Now I see her bows--here she comes--here she is! Gracious Heavens, what a ship! Look! Look!" Mme.
Rosemilly and Beausire looked behind them, the oarsmen ceased pulling; only Mme.
Roland did not stir. The immense steamship, towed by a powerful tug, which, in front of her, looked like a caterpillar, came slowly and majestically out of the harbour.
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