[A Friend of Caesar by William Stearns Davis]@TWC D-Link bookA Friend of Caesar CHAPTER XX 7/38
I _feel_ that he did it.
Never mind his name.
If ever I get the snake into my power--" and Demetrius's fingers tightened around the thick, hard cable he was clutching, and crushed the solid hemp into soft, loose strands; then he broke out again, "Never mention this another time, Agias, or I shall go mad, and plunge down, down into the waves, to go to sleep and forget it all!" Agias was faithful to the injunction; but he observed that Demetrius showed Artemisia the same attention as Cornelia, albeit mingled with a little gracious and unoffending familiarity. II After a voyage in which one pleasant day succeeded another, Cornelia awoke one morning to hear the creak of blocks and tackle as the sailors were lowering sail.
The full banks of oars were plashing in the waves, and on deck many feet were rushing to and fro, while officers shouted their orders.
Coming out of her cabin, the young lady saw that the end of her seafaring was close at hand.
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