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Wysłany: Pon 17:13, 14 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Publishedabodrm |
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e heavens from our sight. The air was
filled with fiery particleswhich floated even to the doorstep-while the
crackling and roaring of the flames might have been heard at a great
distance.
To reach the shore of the lakewe must pass through the burning
swampand not a bird could pass over it with unscorched wings. The
fierce wind drove the flames at the sides and back of the house up the
clearing; and our passage to the road or to the foreston the right and left
was entirely obstructed by a sea of flames. Our only ark of safety was the
houseso long as it r yilai:
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I turned to young Thomasand asked him how long he thought that
would be. "When the fire clears this little ridge in frontma'am. The Lord
have mercy on us thenor we must all go."
I threw myself down on the floor beside my childrenand pressed
them to my heartwhile inwardly I thanked God that they were asleep
unconscious of dangerand unable by their cries to distract our attention
from adopting any plan which might offer to effect their escape.
The heat soon became suffocating. We were parched with thirstand
there was not a drop of water in the houseand none to be procured nearer
than the lake. I turned once more to the d
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