"Lights of ships moved in the fairway — a great stir of lights going up and going down. And farther west on the upper …"

"When a truckle bed with a sick man (some invalid agent from up-country) was put in there, he exhibited a gentle annoy…"

"To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than th…"

"The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. But …"

"One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the for…"

"These chaps were not much account, really. They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and not…"

"It's queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there had never been anythin…"

"He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it! Uneasine…"

"He originated nothing, he could keep the routine going — that's all. But he was great. He was great by this little th…"

"Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, m…"