[The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Leonid Andreyev]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crushed Flower and Other Stories CHAPTER II 29/43
Suddenly he seizes the sail and tears it down furiously, admitting the salty wind. The illumination lamp is extinguished and the flame in the fireplace tosses about wildly--like Haggart. "Why did you lock out the wind? It's better now.
Come here." "You were the terror of the seas!" says the sailor. "Yes, I was the terror of the seas." "You were the terror of the coasts! Your famous name resounded like the surf over all the coasts, wherever people live.
They saw you in their dreams.
When they thought of the ocean, they thought of you.
When they heard the storm, they heard you, Noni!" "I burnt their cities.
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