devil in The Crime of the Under Seas
d before I knew what he was about had whipped a razor from his pocket and was trying for my throat. I was too startled by the suddenness of it all to cry out, but not sufficiently so as to be unable to defend myself. I wrestled with him with the strength of despair, and at last was fortunate enough…
- Record ID
- 2,227
- Year
- 1,905
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2227
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Crime of the Under Seas; Guy Boothby
- Published
- 1905
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- devil
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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d before I knew what he was about had whipped a razor from his pocket and was trying for my throat. I was too startled by the suddenness of it all to cry out, but not sufficiently so as to be unable to defend myself. I wrestled with him with the strength of despair, and at last was fortunate enough to get the mastery and to throw him upon the deck. Then the devil, who arranges all these things for his own benefit, you may be sure, got hold of me, and for a few moments I was not con scious of what I did. I remember looking down at him as he lay below me on the deck, and I also remember seizing the razor, which had fallen from his.
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