Excerpt from Contes Et Nouvelles, Vol. 2
Bientôt les promontoires qui ferment le delta du Rhône disparurent aux veux des matelots consternés. Le golfe de Lyon, que les marins appellent tout simplement le Lion, tant ils le redoutent, déroula sa ténébreuse immensité d'où surgissaient et où s'abîmaient alternative ment des montagnes d'eau, d'écume et de fu mee. Le capitaine fut, dès lors, convaincu de l'inutilité de toute résistance contre l'ouragan. Il prit toutes les dispositions nécessaires pour le salut du navire et dit avec une courageuse résignation A la garde de Dieu!
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