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Sire, there was once upon a time a merchant who possessed great wealth, in land and merchandise, as well as in ready money. He was obliged from time t...

"But," said the genius, "if I grant you the delay you ask, I am afraid that you will not come back.""I give you my word of ho...

For many days now the fag-end of the army had been straggling through the town. They were not troops, but a disbanded horde. The beards of the men wer...

Some detachments rapped at each door, then disappeared into the houses. It was occupation after invasion. Then the duty commences for the conquered to...

Chapter 1 David meets his uncleIt was early in the month of June, 1751, when I shut the door of our house behind me for the last time. All my life I h...

Chapter 2 KidnappedWhen I woke up in darkness, my head was hurting badly, and I was unable to move my hands or feet. "I could hear the sailors&qu...

Chapter 3 David is aloneIt was a cold night, so I could not sit down to rest. In stead, I walked up and down on the beach, trying to keep warm. There ...

Chapter 4 Escape through the heatherWe had no time for conversation. "Come!" Alan said,and started running along the side of the hill, keepi...

Chapter 5 David comes homeWe decided that Alan would stay hidden in the fields, while I walked to Queensferry to find Mr Rankeillor. Alan promised not...

Dusk -- of a summer night.And the tall walls of the commercial heart of an American city of perhaps 400,000 inhabitants -- such walls as intime may li...