Sons of Dives : a novel . of the interests of Sibyl, hestarted off in her pursuit, and scarce tookbreath till he had gained the ship. Now,foiled in his endeavour—beaten by a merechild, as she seemed to him—scorned and re-pulsed by the girl he had always consideredas his own, when he chose to claim her, andwhom at the moment he was honestly tryingto save—now, as he was left tossing on thedisturbed water, and watched the NancyBell, with her flag flying, and her sails stif-fening, calmly carrying far away this objectof a solitary good impulse, the thought cameto him that, Yes, Captain Erne had al
Sons of Dives : a novel . of the interests of Sibyl, hestarted off in her pursuit, and scarce tookbreath till he had gained the ship. Now,foiled in his endeavour—beaten by a merechild, as she seemed to him—scorned and re-pulsed by the girl he had always consideredas his own, when he chose to claim her, andwhom at the moment he was honestly tryingto save—now, as he was left tossing on thedisturbed water, and watched the NancyBell, with her flag flying, and her sails stif-fening, calmly carrying far away this objectof a solitary good impulse, the thought cameto him that, Yes, Captain Erne had alsosailed for Turkey and the seat of war, andperhaps Sibyls firmness had been influencedvol. 11. 2 18 SONS OF DIVES. by the hope of meeting him. His soul wasonce more filled with jealousy and malice, andas he gnashed his teeth with rage and vexa-tion, his good angel, who had arisen andwafted him onwards with wings of encour-agement to a righteous endeavour, nowwith folded pinions, sorrowing, left him . .... for CHAPTER XV. HOPE DEFERRED. Alone, alone, all, all alone,Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. WE must now glance at the course of theNancy Bell, through the manyweary days and weeks that she took to makeher voyage. It was not a prosperous fell in with rough weather in the Bay ofBiscay. An epidemic broke out on board,and several of the passengers, besides twoof the crew, died. They were caught by oneof those severe storms which are not un-common on the beautiful blue waters of thetreacherous Mediterranean, and were kept 20 SONS OF DIVES. idly waiting with sails hanging loose in adead calm for many days afterwards. Through all misfortunes and dangers,Sibyls fortitude and courage rose triumphant,and was the admiration and comfort of the first, when she escaped thecommon lot of sea-sickness, she seemed tobreathe in health and strength with thebreezes of the Atlantic, and when the airbecame heated and infected (and she nevershrank from the closest
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