[The Story of an African Farm by (AKA Ralph Iron) Olive Schreiner]@TWC D-Link bookThe Story of an African Farm CHAPTER 1 10/21
Where is the ship with the things? Lost--gone to the bottom! And the box with the money? Lost--nothing saved! "My wife wrote to the Duke of Wellington's nephew; I didn't wish her to; she did it without my knowledge. "What did the man whose life I saved do? Did he send me thirty thousand pounds? say, 'Bonaparte, my brother, here is a crumb ?' No; he sent me nothing. "My wife said, 'Write.' I said, 'Mary Ann, NO.
While these hands have power to work, NO.
While this frame has power to endure, NO.
Never shall it be said that Bonaparte Blenkins asked of any man.'" The man's noble independence touched the German. "Your case is hard; yes, that is hard," said the German, shaking his head. Bonaparte took another draught of the soup, leaned back against the pillows, and sighed deeply. "I think," he said after a while, rousing himself, "I shall now wander in the benign air, and taste the gentle cool of evening.
The stiffness hovers over me yet; exercise is beneficial." So saying, he adjusted his hat carefully on the bald crown of his head, and moved to the door.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|