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It is evident that Maupassant looked upon his mankind in another spirit than those writers who make haste to submerge the difficulties of our holding-place in the universe under a flood of false and sentimental assumptions. Maupassant was a true and dutiful lover of our earth. He says himself in one of his descriptive passages: "Nous autres que seduit la terre . . ." It was true.
The longer I went on bathing the poor bones, the less grew my hope that they would ever again be clothed with strength, that ever those eyelids would lift, and a soul look out; still I kept bathing continuously, allowing no part time to grow cold while I bathed another; and gradually the body became so much warmer, that at last I ventured to submerge it: I got into the stream and drew it in, holding the face above the water, and letting the swift, steady current flow all about the rest.
And while it was still afar off I saw a great wave rolling toward us, the wave of that new prosperity which threatened to submerge us, and I seized the buoy fate had placed in our hands, or rather, by suggestion, I induced my husband to seize it his name.
"Excellent," replied Lord Hastings. "How did everything go in my absence?" "All quiet, sir." "No trouble with Davis?" "No, sir. I haven't even seen him." "Very well. Now you may give the order to submerge and we'll make for the rendezvous." Jack obeyed.
"Am I solemnly engaged?" she asked herself. She seemed to be awakening. She glanced at her bed, where she had passed the night of ineffectual moaning, and out on the high wave of grass, where Crossjay and his good friend had vanished. Was the struggle all to be gone over again? Little by little her intelligence of her actual position crept up to submerge her heart. "I am in his house!" she said.
It was perfectly still; the tide swelled and swelled till it touched the edge of the green lawn behind the house, and seemed ready to submerge the slender pier; the water looked at first like glass, till closer gaze revealed long sinuous undulations, as if from unseen water-snakes beneath.
"Very likely David," Grace said to herself, watching the boy's face as Anne took the flowers from the usher. Had he known then that his sister had lost the prize, or was his faith in Anne so great? But something had happened. Suddenly the waves, which for the last half hour had been roaring and tossing about Anne, seemed to submerge her completely.
Every minute makes our situation more precarious. You may submerge to five fathoms, Mr. Templeton." Quickly Jack gave the command. Immediately the bridge wound into the little conning tower, which at once closed, and the submarine began to sink gradually. Lord Hastings glued an eye to the periscope and watched developments above. "Just as I feared," he exclaimed. "They have seen through our ruse.
Hoarse commands of men and shrill cries of women and children rang out over the sea, while at the same moment the commander of the German submarine called out: "Hurry now! Five minutes more!" Lord Hastings took his decision instantly. "Below," he said quietly as he led the way. Frank and Jack followed. "Submerge, Mr. Templeton," came Lord Hastings' sharp command. Jack gave the order.
But the German submersible swerved just a trifle and the torpedo missed by a narrow margin. At the same moment the German submarine began to submerge. She escaped the fire of the pirate until her periscope also was all that was visible. Then the pirate rose; a moment later the German craft came from below and both vessels launched torpedoes simultaneously.
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