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Updated: April 30, 2025
You might be my wife for less than two weeks, beloved, remember that." They looked into each other's eyes. Meg knew the meaning of his words; he was a Tommy on leave. "I can't go on having hairbreadth escapes to the end of the war," he said. "Up to now I'm the mascot amongst the boys; I've had prodigious luck." Meg remained silent. Her heart was beating.
He had gone to the Gold Coast, and from there into Central Africa, inspired, in the first place, by the desire of knowledge and love of adventure. But, amid the thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes, there had grown up in his heart the liveliest interest in and sympathy with the people he found himself amongst. He discovered that they had an ancient civilisation of their own.
"A pleasant memory truly," answered Stark gallantly, "and one so new to a Ranger that he will never be like to forget it;" and as they pursued their way towards the lake, he held the youth and the girl spellbound and breathless by tales of the strange life of adventure which they led, and by detailing some of their hairbreadth escapes from the hands of Indians and Frenchmen as they scoured the forest, lay in ambush, and skulked beneath the very ramparts of the enemy's fortifications, hearing the talk of the sentries overhead.
To baffle this ache within her by some act of repentance, of social amends, however small, however futile to propitiate herself, if but by a hairbreadth this, no doubt, was the instinct at work.
"If it makes another dash it'll escape," muttered the anxious boy, as he slid further and further down the bank a hairbreadth at a time. Just then the fish showed symptoms of revival. Olly could stand this no longer. He made a desperate grasp and caught it by the gills just as the hook came away.
But Pen and Jane each clutched a side of the machine, braced their feet and gave their entire attention to keeping from being flung bodily from the car. Forewarned for miles, no living creature crossed their path. The din and the dust, the hairbreadth escapes made the discomfort of the ride for the two women indescribable.
"We Wolcotts are not wont to fail, and I am now too accustomed to Oliver's hairbreadth escapes for fright." "You were well alarmed at the servants' dance; oh, how rash he is!" "We spare nothing in our country's cause," said Betty, with a proud little toss of her head; "but, Kitty, forgive me if I appear intrusive I am puzzled to know how and where you and Oliver"
So from headland to headland we made rapid, easy traverse, thoroughly enjoying the ride, munching chocolate and raisins, speculating about the seasons when it had been possible to cross direct from Nome to Saint Michael on the ice, and exchanging stories we had heard of the disasters and hairbreadth escapes attending such overbold venture.
But, not content with this, you have experienced for eighteen months the manifold miseries of a Russian prison; and have topped off with two years of wandering in Mexico with more thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes than you can count, I'll warrant and still you are not satisfied!"
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