She partnered Major Wright at the bridge table and they made a formidable pair, and her share of the winnings flabbergasted Anna who did not really approve of gambling. Centaine reinvested these. She organized a syndicate with Jonathan Ballantyne and Dr Stevens and they were big punters on the da...
They cheered him raucously. “How many of your brave lads were killed?” Hal lowered his voice as he touched on such a morbid subject. Daniel answered loudly, “Not a single one, praise God. Though young Peter here lost a finger...
The sky smoked with heat-haze and the sun beat down upon it all with the strokes of a coppersmith’s hammer. In the mirage the gaunt hills flanking the Nile seemed to tremble to the blows. Our boat sped close in beside the papyrus beds; near enough for the creaking of the w...