Ships that pass in the Night [antikvár]

SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT Part I CHAPTER I a new-comer ' Yes, indeed,' remarked one of the guests at the English table, 4 yes, indeed, we start life thinking that we shall buikl a great cathedral, a crowning glory to architecture, and we end by contriving a mud hut.' 41 am glad you think so well of human nature,' said the Disagreeable Man, suddenly looking up from the newspaper which he always read during meal-time. ' I should be more inclined to say that we end by being content to dig a hole, and get into it, like the earth men.' A silence followed these words; the English