William Wilkie Collins, The Frozen Deep — Between the Scenes… (1866)
“ I have come home and found a trouble to welcome me, which goes near to break my heart. If I don't take refuge in absence and hard work, I am a lost man. Will you give me a refuge?' That's what he said, Crayford, word for word. ”
William Wilkie Collins, The Frozen Deep — Between the Scenes… (1866)
“ Crayford's lively invention supplied her with an answer on the spur of the moment."Do you believe in dreams, Frank? Of course you don't! Clara has been dreaming about you; and Clara is foolish enough to believe in dreams. That's all—it's not worth talking about. Hark! they are calling you. Say good-bye, or you will be too late for the boat."Frank took Clara's hand. Long afterwards—in the dark Arctic days, in the dreary Arctic nights—he remembered how coldly and how passively that hand lay in his."Courage, Clara!" he said, gaily. "A sailor's sweetheart must accustom herself to partings. ”
William Wilkie Collins, The Frozen Deep — Between the Scenes… (1866)
“ But a man who is worth having is worth waiting for. This man is worth having; this man is worth his weight in gold to such an expedition as ours. Seasoned to all climates and all fatigues—a strong fellow, a brave fellow, a clever fellow—in short, an excellent officer. I know him well, or I should never have taken him. The country gets plenty of work out of my new volunteer, Crayford. He only returned yesterday from foreign service.""He only returned yesterday from foreign service! And he volunteers this morning to join the Arctic expedition? ”
