. The sea fairies . 213. TROT sobbed quietly, with her head on Capn Bills had been a brave little girl during the trying times theyhad experienced, and never once had she given way to tears,however desperate their fate had seemed to be. But nowthat the one enemy in all the sea to be dreaded was utterlydestroyed, and all dangers were past, the reaction was sogreat that she could not help having just one good cry, asshe naively expressed it. Capn Bill was a big sailorman, hardened by age and manyadventures; but even he felt a lump in his throat that hecould not swallow, try as hard
. The sea fairies . 213. TROT sobbed quietly, with her head on Capn Bills had been a brave little girl during the trying times theyhad experienced, and never once had she given way to tears,however desperate their fate had seemed to be. But nowthat the one enemy in all the sea to be dreaded was utterlydestroyed, and all dangers were past, the reaction was sogreat that she could not help having just one good cry, asshe naively expressed it. Capn Bill was a big sailorman, hardened by age and manyadventures; but even he felt a lump in his throat that hecould not swallow, try as hard as he might. Capn Bill wasglad. He was mostly glad on Trots account, for he lovedhis sweet, childish companion very dearly, and did not wantany harm to befall her. They were now in the wide, open sea, with liberty to go 214 Chapter Twenty wherever they wished, and if Capn Bill could have had hissay he would have gone straight home and carried Trotto her mother. But the mermaids must be and Clia had b
Size: 2088px × 1197px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauth, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidseafairies00baum
