Falkner, John Meade, 1858-1932 / 2008-06-27 00:00:00

EBOOK MOONFLEET ***


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MOONFLEET
J. MEADE FALKNER
1898


We thought there was no more behind
But such a day tomorrow as today
And to be a boy eternal.
Shakespeare


TO ALL MOHUNES
OF FLEET AND MOONFLEET
IN AGRO DORCESTRENSI
LIVING OR DEAD


CONTENTS
1 IN MOONFLEET VILLAGE
2 THE FLOODS
3 A DISCOVERY
4 IN THE VAULT
5 THE RESCUE
6 AN ASSAULT
7 AN AUCTION
8 THE LANDING
9 A JUDGEMENT
10 THE ESCAPE
11 THE SEA-CAVE
12 A FUNERAL
13 AN INTERVIEW
14 THE WELL-HOUSE
15 THE WELL
16 THE JEWEL
17 AT YMEGUEN
18 IN THE BAY
19 ON THE BEACH


Says the Cap'n to the Crew,
We have slipped the Revenue,
I can see the cliffs of Dover on the lee:
Tip the signal to the _Swan_,
And anchor broadside on,
And out with the kegs of Eau-de-Vie,
Says the Cap'n:
Out with the kegs of Eau-de-Vie.
Says the Lander to his men,
Get your grummets on the pin,
There's a blue light burning out at sea.
The windward anchors creep,
And the Gauger's fast asleep,
And the kegs are bobbing one, two, three,
Says the Lander:
The kegs are bobbing one, two, three.
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