More from Arthur Ransome

  1. Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the snow began to fall.
  2. Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
  3. 'Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,'
  4. A lot of things were lucky,' said Daddy, and suddenly, while they were walking along, brought his hand down on John's shoulder and gave it …
  5. When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
  6. She's got a rum job, but she knows how to do it, and to have a job and know how to do it is one of the best things in this life. And if onl…
  7. They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home.
  8. Dorothea blew out her candle and settled down in the middle of the big spare room bed. An owl called in the woods. 'Not a barn owl, but a t…

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