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Updated: May 1, 2025
Another thousand or three-quarters of a mile and the water was waist-deep; another thousand about a mile in all and the water was unfordable, 'waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. Where did the increase come from? There were no tributaries. We do not hear of any side-stream flowing into the main body. Where did the increase come from?
Jaquis calls this side-stream "the mill-tail o' hell." Smith the Silent prepares to cross. It's all very simple. All you need is a stout pole, a steady nerve, and an utter disregard for the hereafter. When Smith is safe on the other shore we drive the horses into the stream. They shudder and shrink from the ice-cold water, but Jaquis and I urge them, and in they plunge. My, what a struggle!
Here grew the largest crinum lilies I had ever seen. They literally towered over me, and the sweet-scented white and pink flowers grew in huge bunches on stems nearly as thick as my arm. After the bright sun on the main river, the dark, gloomy depths of this side-stream were very striking.
Other Chinese were standing where the side-stream is split by the boulders into narrow races, catching fish with great dexterity, dipping them out of the water with scoop-nets.
Romola had a purpose in her mind as she was hastening away; a purpose which had been growing through the afternoon hours like a side-stream, rising higher and higher along with the main current. It was less a resolve than a necessity of her feeling.
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