[The Moon Pool by A. Merritt]@TWC D-Link bookThe Moon Pool CHAPTER XVI 10/33
But I have dwelt long in his land and my heart loves each," he said. She nodded, understandingly. "Are all the men of Ireland like you, Larree? As all the men here are like Lugur or Rador? I like to look at you," she went on, with naive frankness.
"I am tired of men like Lugur and Rador.
But they are strong," she added, swiftly.
"Lugur can hold up ten in his two arms and raise six with but one hand." We could not understand her numerals and she raised white fingers to illustrate. "That is little, O lady, to the men of Ireland," replied O'Keefe. "Lo, I have seen one of my race hold up ten times ten of our--what call you that swift thing in which Rador brought us here ?" "Corial," said she. "Hold up ten times twenty of our corials with but two fingers--and these corials of ours--" "Coria," said she. "And these coria of ours are each greater in weight than ten of yours. Yes, and I have seen another with but one blow of his hand raise hell! "And so I have," he murmured to me.
"And both at Forty-second and Fifth Avenue, N.Y .-- U.
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