The Treasure of the Incas
The Treasure of the Incas
A Story of Adventure in Peru
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ind that you sha'n't do it again."
"Well, it cannot be helped; it is no fault of yours; still, of course, it is a nuisance. Thank God that no harm has come to you, that is the principal thing. Now, sit down and go on with your pipe, you young monkey. I did not think you had taken to smoking."
"One has to," the lad said, "everyone else does it; and there is no doubt that, when you have got the middle watch on cold nights with foul winds, it is a comfort."
"Well, go on smoking," his brother said. "I will light up too. Now shut your mouth altogether. I want to think."
They were silent for fully ten minutes, then Harry said;
"I told you about that business of mine with Miss Fortescue."
Bertie grinned all over his face, which, as he sat, was not visible to his brother. Then with preternatural gravity he turned towards him.
"Yes, you told me about it; an uncomfortable business wasn't it?--surly old father, lovely daughter, and so on."
"I will pull your ear for
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A good entertaining yarn but a LOT of unnecessary and exruciatingly wordy dialogue and maybe a little bit "pedestrian" by modern standards. Even so, I read it all the way to the end.
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