....he fetched the books, volumns of
illustrations of eighteenth-century merchant
vessals and ships of the line.....
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"I sailed here," said Jeremy, when he was once
more seated on Mr Hepplewhite's knees. "I sailed
in my little boat from my big ship to your ship."
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.....Mr Hepplewhite turned over the printed part of
the book before them to find the pictures, but when
the pictures were reached,
he fell breathlessly silent.
Such marvelous sails rising one above another
like towering white clouds,
such splendid figure-heads,
carved poops, flags flying in the wind and seas
with curling waves
like the edges of pastry on a tart.
And what wonderful names like Neptune, Victory,
Mermaid, Garland and Illustrious.
~Elizabeth Goudge's "The Scent Of Water"
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Elizabeth Goude has
become, yet ever so quickly, a favorite writer.
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Have a blessed day.....Dee Dee
