The Ivory Child (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Fleming, John Ambrose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145101743X ISBN 13: 9781451017434

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2012

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So it came about that when, on the following morn ing, I was asked if I would like to see the wonders of Ragnall Castle, I answered Yes. Really, how ever, I wanted to have a look at Lord Ragnall himself, if possible, for the account of his many perfections had impressed the imagination of a poor colonist like myself, who had never found an opportunity of setting his eyes upon a kind of human angel'. Human devils I had met in plenty, but never a single angel - at least, of the male sex. Also there was always the possibility that I might get a glimpse of the still more angelic lady to whom he was engaged, whose name, I understood, was the Hon. Miss Holmes. SO I said that, nothing would please me more than to see this castle.

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Now I, Allan Quatermain, come to the story of what was, perhaps, one of the strangest of all the adventures which have befallen me in the course of a life that so far can scarcely be called tame or humdrum. A mongst many other things it tells of the war against theB lack Kendah people and the death of Jana, their elephant god. Often since then I have wondered if this creature was or was not anything more than a mere gigantic beast of the forest. It seems improbable, even impossible, but the reader of future days may judge of this matter for himself. Also he can form his own opinion as to the religion of theW hite Kendah and their pretensions to a certain degree of magical skill. Of this magic I will make only one remark: If it existed at all, it was by no means infallible. To take a single instance. Harut and Marut were convinced by divination that I, and I only, could kill Jana, which was why they invited me to Kendahland. Yet in the end it wasH ans who killed him. Jana nearly killed me! Now to my tale.
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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 145101743X
• ISBN 13: 9781451017434
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 362