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spectre in The Wonder-Child

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spectre in The Wonder-Child

' she said; 'what is it you have done to it? It is only a ship and a man, and yet--do you know I can hardly keep the sobs back when I look at it.' To her amaze her employer turned eagerly round, shook her hand again and again in warmest gratitude, and fell to painting once more with feverish haste.…

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2,947
Year
Undated
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Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2947
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
The Wonder-Child: An Australian Story; Ethel Turner
Published
public-domain Australian fiction; Project Gutenberg transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
spectre
Archive period
Undated
Location
New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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' she said; 'what is it you have done to it? It is only a ship and a man, and yet--do you know I can hardly keep the sobs back when I look at it.' To her amaze her employer turned eagerly round, shook her hand again and again in warmest gratitude, and fell to painting once more with feverish haste. The canvas showed a livid stretch of coast and ocean, and a spectre ship with a spectre captain at the helm. The ship had an indescribably sad effect. You saw her straining through the strong, repellent waves, you heard her cordage creaking, you saw her battling stem struggling to push a way. She was a living thing, breaking her heart.

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