It was nothing but a dream. He would wake up presently, with the heaving deck under his feet and the salt of the sea pungent in his nostrils. Meanwhile the dream was horribly realistic; so were the prison bars, the acrid smell of fresh whitewash, the tramp of heavy feet in the clanging corridors, the rattle of keys in distant locks.
‘My God!’ George Cathcart cried. ‘I shall go mad. I shall—’
He paused, overcome with the crushing burden of it all. He paced up and down the narrow cell, backwards and forwards, restlessly, like a tiger in a cage, his magnificent chest heaving like that of a distressed runner.
购买此电子书可免费获赠一本!
语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9788822845467 ● 文件大小 1.6 MB ● 出版者 Fred M White ● 发布时间 2016 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5122217 ● 复制保护 社会DRM