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If their revolutionary mania were not incurable, this truth and this evidence would retain them within their duty, so corresponding with their real interest, and prevent them from being any longer borne along by a current of infamy and danger, and preserve them from being lost upon quicksands or dashed against rocks.
Holt," said Honora; "Mr. Brent was giving the lunch." "Who's Mr. Brent?" demanded Mrs. Holt. "One of those Quicksands people?" "He's not exactly a Quicksands person. I scarcely know how to describe him. He's very rich, and goes abroad a great deal, and plays polo. That's the reason he has a little place at Quicksands. He's been awfully kind both to Howard and me," she added with inspiration.
"And we've only just got back to New York this minute." "Who?" inquired Mrs. Holt. "Mr. Brent and I," said Honora, with downcast eyes. "Good gracious!" exclaimed the elder lady. "I couldn't think of anything else to do but come straight here to you," said Honora, gazing at her friend. "And oh, I'm so glad to find you. There's not another train to Quicksands till after nine."
And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
The Platte was "up," they said which made me wish I could see it when it was down, if it could look any sicker and sorrier. They said it was a dangerous stream to cross, now, because its quicksands were liable to swallow up horses, coach and passengers if an attempt was made to ford it. But the mails had to go, and we made the attempt.
On quitting the mission of Cari, we had some difficulties to settle with our Indian muleteers. We had to cross the Rio Cari in a boat, and the Rio de agua clara, by fording, or, it may almost be said, by swimming. The quicksands of the bed of this river render the passage very difficult at the season when the waters are high.
The main strength of Holland was derived from the ocean, from whose destructive grasp she had wrested herself, but in whose friendly embrace she remained. She was already placing securely the foundations of commercial wealth and civil liberty upon those shifting quicksands which the Roman doubted whether to call land or water.
"You'll never guess!" she exclaimed. "Preparing for the exodus," he hazarded. "You surely don't expect me to stay in Quicksands all winter?" she replied, a little guiltily. "Quicksands," he declared, "has passed into history." "You always insist upon putting a wrong interpretation upon what I do," she complained. He laughed. "What interpretation do you put on it?" he asked.
He had a clear comprehensive intellect, which adapted itself very easily to commerce. He put his shoulder to the wheel with a will, and worked for the first three years of his business career as it is not given to many men to work in the course of their lives. By that time the ship had been steered clear of all rocks and quicksands, and rode the commercial waters gallantly.
Part of you may be shifty-sand. The sands are famous for their golden shining as you shine. Well, then, we must make the quicksands concrete. I have a perfect faith in you, and in the winning of you. Clearly you will have to be fought for. I should imagine it a tough battle to come. But as I doubt neither you nor myself, I see beyond it. We use phrases in common, and aphorisms, it appears.
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