A Lily Pond

A Lily Pond
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
American Day Dream
Biblis painting
'You'll find nothing gruesome down there,' he said. 'Only an unhurt man securely made fast to the ring-bolts. Bullets are liable to come aboard, and I don't want you killed, you know.' ¡¡¡¡Even as he spoke, a bullet was deflected by a brass-capped spoke of the wheel between his hands and screeched off through the air to windward. ¡¡¡¡'You see,' he said to her; and then to me, 'Mr. Van Weyden, will you take the wheel?' ¡¡¡¡Maud Brewster had stepped inside the companionway, so that only her head was exposed. Wolf Larsen had procured a rifle and was throwing a cartridge into the barrel. I begged her with my eyes to go below, but she smiled and said: ¡¡¡¡'We may be feeble land-creatures without legs, but we can show Captain Larsen that we are at least as brave as he.' ¡¡¡¡He gave her a quick look of admiration. ¡¡¡¡'I like you a hundred percent better for that,' he said. 'Books, and brains, and bravery. You are well rounded- a blue-stocking fit to be the wife of a pirate chief. Ahem! we'll discuss that later,' he smiled, as a bullet struck solidly into the cabin wall.