|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: upon the three heads grouped close together around the dim,
flickering light of the candle and the papers scattered upon the
table.
Suddenly the talk came to an end, the three heads separated and
the three chairs were pushed back, grating harshly. Levi rose,
went to the closet and brought thence a bottle of Hiram's apple
brandy, as coolly as though it belonged to himself. He set three
tumblers and a crock of water upon the table and each helped
himself liberally.
As the two visitors departed down the road, Levi stood for a
while at the open door, looking after the dusky figures until
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates |
