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    栗子小说    m.lizi.tw台湾小说网  www.192.tw栗子小说    m.lizi.tw,therissudden”jackasked.”isitall

    about”andnotiotherscheek,heon,”it

    ostuponhisnd

    beingpro.”butno,ituld.evenifookit

    intohisheadtokearo,theree.but

    other”

    ”sitdoyboy,youhavealways

    saidthatyouogotosea.ihadnoihat

    sixnthsagoiynepheharles,whois,asyouknow,a

    firstlieutenantinthenavy,andaskedhifhethoughtheuldget

    youadshiph.heebacktosaythathepresent

    onhalfpay,andfeareditebeforehe

    again,astheression,andhehadnotch

    i.butifheightbeabletogetyouaberth

    onboardtheship.asthatdidntseeeryhopeful,ithoughtit

    bettertosaynothingtoyouaboutit.hooing,just

    afteryouhadstartedforsanbroughtaletterfrobr >

    hisayingthat,oothethreateningstateofaffairsinthe

    east,anuerofshipsssion,andthat

    hehadbeenappoihefaln,andhadseeain,and

    asthelatter,obeanoldfriendofhis,hadnoonein

    particularheiralty

    foradshipnsappointntforyou.thishehad,ofurse,

    obtaihefalnisbeingfittedouthallhaste,andyouare

    tojoinatonouthtorrow.”

    jackuchdelightedandsurprisedtobeabletospeakat

    first.butafterah,uttereda

    loudhurrahofdelight,andthetohisfeelingsby

    exuberantlykissinghistherandsisters.

    ”thisisglorious,”hesaid.”onlytothinkthati,been

    bloyverses,adshipninherjestysservice.i

    hardlybelievethatitistrue.oh,father,ihavesoogo

    tosea,butihaveneversaidchaboutitbecauseithoughtyoudid

    notlikeit,andingitegiven

    upallhope,andjustatati,too,stobeace

    ofaroething

    aboutadisputeuchattentiontoit.”

    ”theperyenough,andinitselfwholly

    insuffittocauseanations.itbeganbya

    squabbleabouttheholyplacesatjerusaleasthtsofthe

    greekandlatinpilgrirespectively.”

    ”buthavetodoheitherthelatinreek

    pilgri”jackasked.”ishouldhavethoughtthate

    botheredenoughhlatinandgreekverses,houthavinganything

    todos.besides,ididntknohereinsnow,

    andthegreeksaintch.”

    jorarchersled.

    ”thelatinpilgriaretheersoftheuntrieshe

    roncathion,hegreeksarethosehe

    religionofthegreekchurch.thatistosay,inthepresentcase,

    principallyrussians.therehaveforyearsbeensquabbles,swelling

    sotisintoserioustults,betsofthesecreeds,

    thetterbeinggenerallyplicatedbytheinterferehe

    turkishauthorities.therussiahasbeen

    endeavtoobtainfrourkeytheprotectorateofallchristians

    inherdonions,heleadingcatholitry,

    naturallyobjectsto.allthis,hoext.thereal

    factisthatrussia,uriesbeencastingalongingeye

    uponturkey,thinksthatthetihasarrived

    heraitiousdesigns.ithasalheother

    hand,tosustainturkey.editerranean,

    andansiderabletradehthelevant,aend

    herdoniontonstantinople,ourpositionwouldbeseriously

    naced.reover,andthisperhapsistheprincipalpoint,itis

    absolutelyneinanti

    ofthediterraneaisrapidlybeinghoindia,

    andnynthinkthatiureourtradehthatgreat

    dependencyhevalleyoftheeuphrates.nsequently,

    itisnecessarytopreventrussia,atanyst,obtainingafooting

    southoftheblacksea.”

    ”anddoyouthink,father,thattherewillreallybeawar”

    ”inedtothinkthattherehoughthisisnot

    thepopularopinion.alkingabout

    theiniquityofperoicholashas

    persuadedhielfthat

    surethatheisistaken.solongastherey

    ofittedthecheeseparing

    politisyandnavytoapoint

    yatall.butiavinced

    thatthepeopleofenglaheartaswarlikeasofold.few

    nationshavedhtingthanhe

    e

    nvihatthehonorandiofenglaake,they

    ohepolitisinpoofollohe

    popularcurrent,ivee,

    hoonstrationupoof

    englandandfraaking

    anyfurthersteps.ithihatrussiahasgooofartodraw

    back.russiaisauntryinallyallpowerful,

    butuchboundasother

    snstofolloheheuntry.theof

    nstantinoplehaslohedreafeveryrussian,andnohat

    theisabouttoberealized,

    heodrak.”

    ”butsurely,father,”harryarchersaid,”russiaotthinkherself

    atchflandandfraed.”

    ”idontknoyboy.russiahasanenoruspopulation,far

    largerthanthatofenglandandfraed.everyn,frohe

    highesttothelo,isatthedisposaloftheczar,andthereis

    scarcelyanylittotheforginto

    thefield.russiahasnotfoughtsihedaysofnapoleon,andin

    thosedaystherussiantroopsshoselvestobeasgoodasany

    ineurope.atborodinoandslenskotheyedafter

    infliouslossesontheeerorsar,and,asintheend,

    theyannihilatedthelargestarevennapoleonhadevergottogether,

    theyyhin

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