| Author: | Robert William Chambers | ISBN: | 1230001573091 |
| Publisher: | Griffo | Publication: | March 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert William Chambers |
| ISBN: | 1230001573091 |
| Publisher: | Griffo |
| Publication: | March 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
of his amusement.
"So," I said, picking up my hat, "I am to start north to find a place called Black Harbor, where there is a man named Halyard who possesses, among other household utensils, two extinct great auks—"
We were both laughing by this time. I asked him why on earth he credited the assertion of a man he had never before heard of.
"I suppose," he replied, with the same half-apologetic, half-humorous smile, "it is instinct. I feel, somehow, that this man Halyard has got an
of his amusement.
"So," I said, picking up my hat, "I am to start north to find a place called Black Harbor, where there is a man named Halyard who possesses, among other household utensils, two extinct great auks—"
We were both laughing by this time. I asked him why on earth he credited the assertion of a man he had never before heard of.
"I suppose," he replied, with the same half-apologetic, half-humorous smile, "it is instinct. I feel, somehow, that this man Halyard has got an
