large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_06_dunsany_64kb_28
large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_06_dunsany_64kb
English
803
And Shard on his island offered the Queen of the South the choicest of the old wines of Provence, and for adornment gave her Indian jewels looted from galleons with treasure for Madrid, and spread a table where she dined in the sun, while in some cabin below he bade the least coarse of his mariners sing; yet always she was morose and moody towards him, and often at evening he was heard to say that he wished he knew more about the ways of Queens. AND SHARD ON HIS ISLAND OFFERED THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH THE CHOICEST OF THE OLD WINES OF PROVENCE AND FOUR DORMEN GAVE HER INDIAN JEWELS LOOTED FROM GALLEONS WITH TREASURE FOR MADRID AND SPREAD A TABLE WHERE SHE DINED IN THE SUN WHILE IN SOME CABIN BELOW HE BADE THE LEAST COURSE OF HIS MARINERS SING YET ALWAYS SHE WAS MOROSE AND MOODY TOWARDS HIM AND OFTEN AT EVENING HE WAS HEARD TO SAY THAT HE WISHED HE KNEW MORE ABOUT THE WAYS OF QUEENS
nd Shard saw he must fight, and a bad fight it was, and yet it suited Shard's purpose, for he had more merry men when the fight began than he needed for his island. And they got it over before any other ship came up; and Shard put all adverse evidence out of the way, and came that night to the islands near the Sargasso Sea. Long before it was light the survivors of the crew were peering at the sea, and when dawn came there was the island, no bigger than two ships, straining hard at its anchor, with the wind in the tops of the trees. And then they landed and dug cabins below and raised the anchor out of the deep sea, and soon they made the island what they called shipshape. But the _Desperate Lark_ they sent away empty under full sail to sea, where more nations than Shard suspected were watching for her, and where she was presently captured by an admiral of Spain, who, when he found none of that famous crew on board to hang by the neck from the yard-arm, grew ill through disappointment. RET OF HIS LIFE AND SHARD SAW HE MUST FIGHT AND A BAD FIGHT IT WAS AND YET IT SUITED CHARGE'S PURPOSE FOR HE HAD MORE MERRY MEN WHEN THE FIGHT BEGAN THAN HE NEEDED FOR HIS ISLAND AND THEY GOT IT OVER BEFORE ANY OTHER SHIP CAME UP AND SHORD PUT ALL ADVERSE EVIDENCE OUT OF THE WAY AND CAME THAT NIGHT TO THE ISLANDS NEAR THE SARGASSO SEA LONG BEFORE IT WAS LIGHT THE SURVIVORS OF THE CREW WERE PEERING AT THE SEA AND WHEN DAWN CAME THERE WAS THE ISLAND NO BIGGER THAN TWO SHIPS STRAINING HARD AT ITS ANCHOR WITH THE WIND AND THE TOPS OF THE TREES AND THEN THEY LANDED AND DUG CABINS BELOW AND RAISED THE ANCHOR OUT OF THE DEEP SEA AND SOON THEY MADE THE ISLAND WHAT THEY CALLED SHIP SHAPE BUT THE DESPERATE LARK THEY SENT AWAY EMPTY UNDER FULL SAIL TO SEA WHERE MORE NATIONS THAN CHARGES SUSPECTED WERE WATCHING FOR HER AND WHERE SHE WAS PRESENTLY CAPTURED BY AN ADMIRAL OF SPAIN WHO WHEN HE FOUND NONE OF THAT INFAMOUS CREW ON BOARD TO HANG BY THE NECK FROM THE ARDARM GREW ILL THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT
large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_06_dunsany_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/803/book_wonder_ge_librivox_64kb_mp3/bookofwonder_06_dunsany_64kb.flac