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To Sir Percy Florence and Lady Shelley
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Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries. By a peculiar1 fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer, the problem of Mackellar’s homespun and how to shape it for superior flights; these were his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbours, ran often in his mind at sea to the tune2 of slatting canvas, and were dismissed (something of the suddenest) on the approach of squalls. It is my hope that these surroundings of its manufacture may to some degree find favour for my story with seafarers and sea-lovers like yourselves.
And at least here is a dedication3 from a great way off: written by the loud shores of a subtropical island near upon ten thousand miles from Boscombe Chine and Manor4: scenes which rise before me as I write, along with the faces and voices of my friends.
Well, I am for the sea once more; no doubt Sir Percy also. Let us make the signal B. R. D.!
R. L. S.
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| adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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| n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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| n.奉献,献身,致力,题献,献辞 | |
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