Length8h 43m
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Excerpt: "The morning was hot, and Kit Musgrave, leaning on the African liner's rail, watched the volcanic rocks of Grand Canary grow out of the silver haze. He was conscious of some disappointment, because on the voyage to Las Palmas he had pictured a romantic white city shining against green palms. Its inhabitants were grave Spaniards, who secluded their wives and daughters in old Moorish houses with shady patios where fountains splashed. Now he saw he had got the picture wrong. Las Palmas was white, but not at all romantic. A sandy isthmus, swept by rolling clouds of dust, connected the town and the frankly ugly port. The houses round the harbor looked like small brown blocks. Behind them rose the Isleta cinder hill; in front, coal-wharfs and limekilns, hidden now and then by dust, occupied the beach. Moreover, the Spaniards on board the boats about the ship were excited, gesticulating ruffians. Bombay peddlers, short, dark-skinned Portuguese, and Canario dealers in wine, tobacco, and singing birds, pushed up the gangway. All disputed noisily in their eagerness to show their goods to the passengers. Yet Kit was not altogether disappointed. Somehow the industrial ugliness of the port and the crowd's businesslike activity were soothing. Kit had not known much romantic beauty, but he knew the Lancashire mining villages and the mean streets behind the Liverpool docks. Besides, he was persuaded that commerce, particularly British commerce, had a civilizing, uplifting power."
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Fantasy
Length8 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PART I THE WIDE HORIZON
2CHAPTER I KIT'S PLUNGE
3CHAPTER II OTHER RULES
4CHAPTER III A MOUNTAIN EXCURSION
5CHAPTER IV KIT'S OBSTINACY
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6CHAPTER V MRS AUSTIN'S VERANDA
7CHAPTER VI THE INJURED PASSENGER
8CHAPTER VII THE BULLET
9CHAPTER VIII A SWIMMING MATCH
10CHAPTER IX KIT GIVES HIS CONFIDENCE
11CHAPTER X MRS. AUSTIN MAKES SOME PLANS
12CHAPTER XI THE PLANS WORK
13PART II RESPONSIBILITY
14CHAPTER I OLIVIA'S EXPERIMENT
15CHAPTER II THE FIRST VOYAGE
16CHAPTER III KIT'S SURPRISE
17CHAPTER IV WOLF GIVES A FEAST
18CHAPTER V WOLF'S OFFER
19CHAPTER VI BETTY CARRIES A MESSAGE
20CHAPTER VII SHIPPING CAMELS
21CHAPTER VIII AN IDLE AFTERNOON
22CHAPTER IX THE THIRD VOYAGE
23CHAPTER X SMOKE ON THE HORIZON
24CHAPTER XI MIGUEL TAKES CONTROL
25CHAPTER XII THE RETREAT TO THE BOAT
26PART III KIT FINDS HIS LEVEL
27CHAPTER I ILLUMINATION
28CHAPTER II "CAYMAN'S" START
29CHAPTER III THE WADY
30CHAPTER IV KIT NEGOTIATES
31CHAPTER V THE RETURN TO THE BEACH
32CHAPTER VI BETTY DEMANDS HELP
33CHAPTER VII THE "LUCIA" ARRIVES
34CHAPTER VIII "CAYMAN'S" RETURN
35CHAPTER IX KIT'S REWARD
36CHAPTER X OLIVIA'S REFUSAL
37CHAPTER XI DAYBREAK
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